Understanding Clinical Papers
1st Edition
Published on 15. March 2001
Book
Paperback/Softback
X, 202 pages
978-0-471-48976-4 (ISBN)
Description
Emphasis on evidence-based medicine has required clinicians to implement and collate information from clinical journals as part of their everyday work, yet the content of journal articles is often hard to comprehend and the validity of results and conclusions difficult to determine. This title takes a fresh and original approach to teach its readers the basic skills needed to read and understand a clinical paper.
* Everything explained from the ground up
* Practical approach with illustrations used for every term
* Follows sequence of a typical paper
* Concentrates on most complex areas of a paper
Understanding Clinical Papers explains all you ever needed to know to comprehend completely all aspects of a typical clincal research paper. It is for everyone involved directly, or indirectly, in health care; an ultimate guide for those who read clinical literature.
* Everything explained from the ground up
* Practical approach with illustrations used for every term
* Follows sequence of a typical paper
* Concentrates on most complex areas of a paper
Understanding Clinical Papers explains all you ever needed to know to comprehend completely all aspects of a typical clincal research paper. It is for everyone involved directly, or indirectly, in health care; an ultimate guide for those who read clinical literature.
Reviews / Votes
"...this book is an excellent review of the components of a clinical paper and a worthwhile reference work." (Applied Clinical Trials, December 2001) "I would recommend this publication to student nurses" (Primary Health Care, November 2001) "clearly written utilizing real papers as examples" (Oncology, Vol.62, No.1, 2002) "This friendly informal paperback book is a bargain at the price" (Quality in Health Care, December 2001) "This is a most useful book which I would recommend in particular for students of all disciplines and practitioners involved in research activity." (Accident Emergency Nursing, January 2002) "Any one of us reading clinical literature, preparing or reviewing material for publication would find this guide extremely useful and easy to read. I think that probably covers just about all of us!" (Pharmaceutical Physician, March 2002) "...The results and concepts are explained simply and clearly..." (NeLH, 25 July 2002)More details
Edition
1., Aufl.
Language
English
Place of publication
Chichester
United Kingdom
Publishing group
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 24.5 cm
Width: 19.9 cm
Thickness: 11 mm
Weight
420 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-471-48976-4 (9780471489764)
Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
New editions
David Bowers | Allan House | David Owens
Understanding Clinical Papers
Book
04/2006
2nd Edition
Wiley
€44.90
Article is exhausted; no reprint
Content
Preface. Acknowledgements. SETTING THE SCENE: WHO DID WHAT, AND WHY. Some Preliminaries. The Introduction. The Objectives. DESIGN MATTERS: WHAT TYPE OF STUDY AR YOU READING ABOUT? Descriptive Studies. Analytic Studies. Intervention Studies. THE CAST: FINDING OUT ABOUT THE SUBJECTS OF THE RESEARCH. The Research Setting. Populations and Samples. Identifying and Defining Cases. Controls and Comparisons. ESTABLISHING THE FACTS: STARTING WITH BASIC OBSERVATIONS. Identifying the Characteristics of Data. Summarising the Characteristics of Data. Measuring the Characteristics of Subjects. Measuring the Characteristics of Measures. ESTABLISHING MORE OF THE FACTS: SOME COMMON WAYS OF DESCRIBING RESULTS. Fractions, Proportions and Rates. Risk and Odds. Ratios of Risk and Odds. Confidence Intervals for Means, Proportions and Medians. Confidence Intervals for Ratios. GETTING INTO DATA ANALYSIS: HOW AND WHY STATISTICAL TESTS ARE USED, AND OTHER MATTERS. Hypothesis Tests and p-Values. Measuring Association. Measuring Agreement. Linear Regression. Logistic Regression. Proportional (Cox) Regression. Systematic Reviewing and Meta-analysis. Measuring Survival. READING BETWEEN THE LINES: HOW AUTHOR USE TEXT, TABLES AND PICTURES TO TELL YOU WHAT THEY'VE DONE. Results in Text and Tables. Results in Pictures. The Discussion and the Conclusions. References. Index.