Book description
Praise for Critical Thinking in Clinical Practice, Third Edition
"Eileen Gambrill is unparalleled in her ability to describe
common flaws and biases in clinical decision making. The result in
this revised edition is a steadfast call for change that also
acknowledges the demands of practice. A must-read for clinicians and
researchers alike."
-Elizabeth K. Anthony, PhD,
Assistant Professor, School of Social Work, Arizona State University
"This Third Edition builds upon the impressive strengths
of Gambrill's prior treatments of the topic to support the notion that
critical thinking is a teachable skill and one essential for
contemporary practice in the human services. This book should be the
default authority on the topic of critical thinking for human service
professionals and would be an excellent textbook."
-Bruce
A. Thyer, PhD, LCSW, Professor and former Dean, Florida State
University College of Social Work
"I was skeptical about how Critical Thinking in Clinical
Practice could be improved, but Eileen Gambrill has succeeded! Her
articulation of critical thinking skills for clinical decisions
ultimately will benefit the people we serve."
-Joanne
Yaffe, PhD, ACSW, Associate Professor of Social Work and Adjunct
Associate Professor of Psychiatry, University of Utah
A balanced and illustrative guide to incorporating
critical-thinking values, knowledge, and skills into clinical
education and practice
Now in a third edition, Critical Thinking in Clinical Practice
is written for helping professionals who want to think more clearly
about the decisions they make and the context in which they make them.
It is a practical volume for clinicians who would like to expand their
knowledge of common pitfalls and fallacies in clinical reasoning.
As in earlier editions, this Third Edition draws on research
related to problem solving and decision making, illustrating the
relevance of research findings to everyday clinical practice and policy.
Revised throughout, the new edition includes discussion of:
- The influence of pharmaceutical companies on the helping
professions, including disease mongering-the creation of bogus
risks, problems, and needless worries
- Different kinds of propaganda in the helping professions that
compromise informed consent
- Additional coverage of classification, pathology, reliance on
authority, and hazards in data collection
- The development of decision aids of value to both professionals
and clients
- The relative contribution of specific interventions compared to
nonspecific factors to positive outcome
- Factors related to decision making in multidisciplinary teams
- New developments regarding intuitive and analytic reasoning
- The pragmatic theory of fallacies
Designed to enhance the quality of services offered to clients,
Critical Thinking in Clinical Practice, Third Edition is
filled with insightful examples, useful lists, websites, and
guidelines, presenting an essential resource for all helping
professionals and students in the helping professions.
Eileen Gambrill is the Hutto Patterson Professor of Child and
Family Studies at the School of Social Welfare, University of
California, Berkeley, where she teaches both research and practice.
Her research and writing cover professional decision making,
evidence-informed practice, the role of critical thinking, propaganda
in the helping professions and its harmful effects, and the ethics of
helping. She presents nationally and internationally on the topics of
critical thinking, evidence-informed practice, and the ethics of helping.
