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.