How to read a paper : the basics of evidence-based medicine
Greenhalgh, Trisha
How to read a paper : the basics of evidence-based medicine - 3rd ed. - Malden, Mass. BMJ Books/Blackwell Pub. 2006 - xv, 229 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
9781405139762 Why read papers at all? -- Searching the literature -- Getting your bearings: what is this paper about? -- Assessing methodological quality -- Statistics for the non-statistician -- Papers that report drug trials -- Papers that report diagnostic or screening tests -- Papers that summarise other papers (systematic reviews and meta-analyses) -- Papers that tell you what to do (guidelines) -- Papers that tell you what things cost (economic analyses) -- Papers that go beyond numbers (qualitative research) -- Papers that report questionnaire research -- Getting evidence into practice.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1405139765
Medical literature-Evaluation
Medicine-Research-Evaluation
Evidence-based medicine
Research
Evidence-Based Medicine
Reading
Health Professions
W 20.5
How to read a paper : the basics of evidence-based medicine - 3rd ed. - Malden, Mass. BMJ Books/Blackwell Pub. 2006 - xv, 229 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
9781405139762 Why read papers at all? -- Searching the literature -- Getting your bearings: what is this paper about? -- Assessing methodological quality -- Statistics for the non-statistician -- Papers that report drug trials -- Papers that report diagnostic or screening tests -- Papers that summarise other papers (systematic reviews and meta-analyses) -- Papers that tell you what to do (guidelines) -- Papers that tell you what things cost (economic analyses) -- Papers that go beyond numbers (qualitative research) -- Papers that report questionnaire research -- Getting evidence into practice.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1405139765
Medical literature-Evaluation
Medicine-Research-Evaluation
Evidence-based medicine
Research
Evidence-Based Medicine
Reading
Health Professions
W 20.5