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

Greenhalgh, Trisha,

How to read a paper : the basics of evidence-based medicine / Trisha Greenhalgh. - 5th edition. - xxii, 261 p. : ill. ' 22 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Chapter 1. Why read papers at all?
Chapter 2. Searching the literature
Chapter 3. Getting your bearings: what is this paper about?
Chapter 4. Assessing methodological quality
Chapter 5. Statistics for the non-statistician
Chapter 6. Papers that report trials of drugs and other simple interventions
Chapter 7. Papers that report trials of complex interventions
Chapter 8. Papers that report diagnostic or screening tests
Chapter 9. Papers that summarize other papers (systematic reviews and meta-analyses)
Chapter 10. Papers that tell you what to do (guidelines)
Chapter 11. Papers that tell you what things cost (economic analyses)
Chapter 12. Papers that go beyond numbers (qualitative research)
Chapter 13. Papers that report questionnaire research
Chapter 14. Papers that report quality improvement case studies
Chapter 15. Getting evidence into practice.

9781118800966 (pbk.)


Evidence-Based Practice.
Journalism, Medical.
Research.

WB 102.5 G813h 2014