Interpreting the Medical Literature: Fifth Edition

Häftad, Engelska, 2006

Av Stephen Gehlbach, Stephen H. Gehlbach

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Cut Through the Complexities of Medical Studies!

A Doody's Core Title ESSENTIAL PURCHASE!

Enhance your understanding and utilization of the information in medical journals with Stephen Gehlbach's Interpreting the Medical Literature. Written in a clear and entertaining style, this popular guide cuts through the complex language of research studies and makes reading medical publications a rewarding and pleasurable experience.

IMPROVE YOUR UNDERSTANDING OF VITAL RESEARCH

Comprehend medical literature and evaluate the significance of any study

Read research reports more quickly and easily

Make sense of dense, scientific prose

Learn about study design, measurement, statistical analysis, and interpretation

Sharpen your analytical skills on current and classic medical studies

Reinforce your knowledge of concepts with examples from actual medical literature

New to the Fifth Edition: a chapter on how to interpret conflicting studies; expanded discussions of meta-analysis and developing consensus; updated figures and charts

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2006-04-16
Mått152 x 228 x 15 mm
Vikt423 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor308
Upplaga5
FörlagMcGraw-Hill Education
ISBN9780071437899

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Ch. 1. Tasting an Article Ch. 2. Study Design: General Considerations Ch. 3. Study Design: The Case-Control Approach Ch. 4. Study Design: The Cross-Sectional and Follow-up Approaches Ch. 5. Study Design: The Experimental Approach Ch. 6. Study Design: Variations Ch. 7. Making Measurements Ch. 8. Analysis: Statistical Significance Ch. 9. Analysis: Some Statistical Tests Ch. 10. Interpretation: Sensitivity, Specificity, and Predictive Value Ch. 11. Interpretation: Risk Ch. 12. Interpretation: Causes Ch. 13. Case Series, Editorials, and Reviews Ch. 14. A Final Word

"Gehlbach's forte is his ability to dissect effectively major published articles dealing with common topics. He distills the original data, analyzes strengths and faults, and reduces the authors' message to universally understandable denominators...Interpreting the Medical Literature is about understanding the methodology and logic of scientific inquiry. It teaches interpretational skills needed for understanding medical articles. It has a long and deserving tradition of clarity in discussing research designs. Its inimitable merit is the inclusion and analysis of illustrative examples from major published articles. It is light on jargon, sparing in statistical complexity, and solid in emphasis of the fundamentals. Anyone with trepidations about the complexities of epidemiology and EBM must reach for this gentle book for an auspicious start."--Journal of the American Medical Association Journal of American Medical Association 20060920