Evidence-Based Medicine in General Practice
Published on 1. April 2001
Book
Paperback/Softback
176 pages
978-1-85996-282-4 (ISBN)
Description
General Practitioners place particular emphasis on evidence-based medicine. This title summarises the key areas of evidence-based medicine making it an ideal revision guide for trainee GPs.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Abingdon
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
19line drawings
Dimensions
Height: 233 mm
Width: 160 mm
Thickness: 12 mm
Weight
336 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-85996-282-4 (9781859962824)
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Content
INTRODUCTION Natural history of disease Determining causation Outcome measures Formulating clinical questions Hierarchy of evidence TRIAL DESIGN Systematic reviews Meta-analysis Randomised controlled trials 'Other' trials for comparison of interventions Cohort studies Case-control studies Cross-sectional (prevalence) studies Case reports and case series Qualitative research Screening Questionnaires SOURCES Sources of information Sites of interest on the world wide web Search strategies for electronic databases The Cochrane collaboration INTERPRETATION Critical appraisal Statistical methods (overview)