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How to read a paper : the basics of evidence based medicine

By: Publication details: BMJ Publishing Group, 1997Description: 196pISBN:
  • 0727911392
Subject(s): NLM classification:
  • WX 20.
Other classification:
  • B 29.5
Contents:
1 Why read papers at all 2 Searching the literature 3 Getting your bearings 4 Assessing methodological quality 5 Statistics for the non-statistician 6 Papers that report drug trials 7 Papers that report diagnostic or screening tests 8 Papers that summarise other papers (systematic reviews and meta-analyses) 9 Papers that tell you what to do (guidelines) 10 Papers that tell you what things cost (economic analyses) 11 Papers that go beyond numbers (qualitative research) 12 Implementing evidence based findings Appendix A: Checklists for finding, appraising, and implementing evidence Appendix B: Evidence based quality filters for everyday use Appendix C: Maximally sensitive search strings for research use (to be used mainly for research) Appendix D: Assessing the effects of an intervention.
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Book Croydon Health Services Library Shelves WX 153 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 0000002487
Book Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust Knowledge and Library Service Shelves WX 20 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available X01556
Book St Charles Library Hub (Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust) Shelves W 20.5 GKE (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available CNWL00089

1 Why read papers at all 2 Searching the literature 3 Getting your bearings 4 Assessing methodological quality 5 Statistics for the non-statistician 6 Papers that report drug trials 7 Papers that report diagnostic or screening tests 8 Papers that summarise other papers (systematic reviews and meta-analyses) 9 Papers that tell you what to do (guidelines) 10 Papers that tell you what things cost (economic analyses) 11 Papers that go beyond numbers (qualitative research) 12 Implementing evidence based findings Appendix A: Checklists for finding, appraising, and implementing evidence Appendix B: Evidence based quality filters for everyday use Appendix C: Maximally sensitive search strings for research use (to be used mainly for research) Appendix D: Assessing the effects of an intervention.

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