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The Evidence Base of Clinical Diagnosis was published by BMJ Books in 2002, and was based on a popular series published in the British Medical Journal. At that time it was unique in addressing evidence-based issues in the field of clinical diagnosis, and was enthusiastically received by the clinical research community for its thorough and insightful analysis of research methods in diagnosis. The information on effectiveness of clinical diagnosis tools was even more diffuse and sparse than now, and so the book became a point of reference for evidence-based diagnosis. The main basis for the text was discussion of diagnostic research tools and what evidence was available for their efficacy. The first edition is now over 3 years old Since publication much more information has been made available, including more clinically relevant data for problem solving and ordering diagnostic tests. The evidence-based health care community has turned the spotlight on diagnosis and it has become one of t

ISBN 9781405157872Edition 02Binding Paper