How to read a paper : the basics of evidence-based medicine and healthcare
Greenhalgh, Trisha
How to read a paper : the basics of evidence-based medicine and healthcare [E-Book] - Sixth edition. - 1 online resource (xix, 262 pages) : illustrations (colour)
This edition also issued in print: 2019. Previous edition: 2014.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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 trials of drugs and other simple interventions -- Papers that report trials of complex interventions -- 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 -- Papers that report quality improvement case studies -- Papers that describe genetic association studies -- Applying evidence with patients -- Criticisms of evidence-based healthcare.
Trisha Greenhalgh provides the basics of evidence based medicine: how to find a medical research paper, assess it for its scientific validity, and where relevant, put the findings into practice.
9781119484738 (ebook) : No price
Evidence-based medicine
Medical literature--Evaluation
Medicine--Research--Evaluation
How to read a paper : the basics of evidence-based medicine and healthcare [E-Book] - Sixth edition. - 1 online resource (xix, 262 pages) : illustrations (colour)
This edition also issued in print: 2019. Previous edition: 2014.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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 trials of drugs and other simple interventions -- Papers that report trials of complex interventions -- 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 -- Papers that report quality improvement case studies -- Papers that describe genetic association studies -- Applying evidence with patients -- Criticisms of evidence-based healthcare.
Trisha Greenhalgh provides the basics of evidence based medicine: how to find a medical research paper, assess it for its scientific validity, and where relevant, put the findings into practice.
9781119484738 (ebook) : No price
Evidence-based medicine
Medical literature--Evaluation
Medicine--Research--Evaluation
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