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

By: Publication details: Chichester, West Sussex, UK ; Hoboken, NJ : Wiley-Blackwell, 2010.Edition: 4Description: xvii, 238 p. : ill. ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 9781444334364
  • 1444334360
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 610.72
LOC classification:
  • R118.6 .G74 2010
NLM classification:
  • WB 102.5
Contents:
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 drug treatments 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 -- Getting evidence into practice.
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Book Barkly (Tennant Creek) Main TC 616 GRE-4 2010 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 30820000549258
Northern Territory Medical Program Central Australia (Alice Springs) NTMP AL FLIN 616 GRE-4 2010 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available For loan to NTMP staff and students only. 30820000484308
Book East Arnhem Main EA 616 GRE-4 2010 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 30820000474291

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 drug treatments 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 -- Getting evidence into practice.

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