Clinical reasoning in the health professions / edited by Joy Higgs ... [et al.].

Previous ed.: 2000.

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

SECTION 1: Clinical reasoning and clinical decision making - nature and context:- 1. Clinical decision making and multiple problem spaces-- 2. The context for clinical decision making in the 21st century-- 3. Clinical reasoning and models of practice-- 4. Collaborative decision making-- 5. Action and narrative: two dynamics of clinical reasoning-- 6. Clinical reasoning and generic thinking skills-- 7. Clinical reasoning and patient-centred care-- 8. Factors influencing clinical decision making-- 9. Dimensions of clinical reasoning capability-- Section 2: Reasoning, Expertise and Knowledge:- 10. The development of clinical reasoning expertise-- 11. Clinical reasoning and biomedical knowledge: implications for teaching-- 12. Expertise and clinical reasoning-- 13. Knowledge, reasoning and evidence for practice-- 14. Knowledge generation and clinical reasoning in practice-- 15. Understanding knowledge as socio-cultural historical phenomenon-- 16. Professional practice judgement artistry --SECTION 3: Clinical reasoning research trends:- 17. Methods in the study of clinical reasoning --18. A history of clinical reasoning research --19. A place for new research directions--SECTION 4: Clinical reasoning and clinical decision-making approaches:- 20. Clinical reasoning in medicine-- 21. Clinical reasoning in nursing-- 22. Clinical reasoning in physiotherapy-- 23. Clinical reasoning in dentistry-- 24. Clinical reasoning in occupational therapy-- 25. Ethical reasoning-- 26. Multidisciplinary clinical decision making-- 27. Treatment decision making in the medical encounter: the case of shared decision making-- 28. Algorithms, clinical pathways and clinical guidelines-- 29. Clinical reasoning to facilitate cognitive-experiential change-- SECTION 5: Communicating about clinical reasoning:- 30. Learning to communicate clinical reasoning-- 31. Learning the language of clinical reasoning-- 32. Beyond the restitution narrative: lived bodies and expert patients-- 33. Facilitating clinical decision making in students in intercultural fieldwork placements-- 34. Using decision aids to involve clients in clinical decision making-- SECTION 6 : Teaching and learning clinical reasoning:- 35. Teaching and learning clinical reasoning-- 36. Helping physiotherapy students develop clinical reasoning capability-- 37. Speech-language pathology students: learning clinical reasoning-- 38. Teaching clinical reasoning in nursing education-- 39. Assessing clinical reasoning-- 40. Using simulated patients to teach clinical reasoning-- 41. Peer coaching to generate clinical reasoning skills-- 42. Using open and distance learning to develop clinical reasoning skills-- 43. Cultivating a thinking surgeon-- 44. Teaching clinical reasoning and culture-- 45. Teaching clinical reasoning to medical students-- 46. Using case reports to teach clinical reasoning-- 47. Using mind mapping to improve students metacognition.

Clinical reasoning is the foundation of professional clinical practice. This third edition continues to provide the essential text on the theoretical basis of clinical reasoning in the health professions and examines strategies for assisting learners, scholars and clinicians to develop their reasoning expertise.