Basics For Evaluating Medical Research Studies: A Simplified Approach: And Why Your Patients Need You To Know This (Delfini Group Evidence-based Practice Series: Short How-to Guide Book)
"I am full of admiration for this terrific little book on evaluating medical research studies which is written clearly, simply and appropriately for a starter audience. Those with more experience often need reminding of the basics and can benefit from it too. I know of no other book that has succeeded so well in getting everything important covered so succinctly, which the authors have done brilliantly well!"Richard Lehman, MA, BM, BCh, MRCGP, Senior Research Fellow, Oxford, and Blogger,BMJ Journal Watch"This book provides a great introduction and guide for anyone who wants to understand how to interpret clinical research but feels intimidated by science or statistics. Sheri and Mike transform their experience of teaching these concepts to thousands of people into a format like they are speaking to you directly. For the evidologist there is a nice compilation of the evidence for critical appraisal components." Brian S. Alper, MD, MSPH, FAAFP, Editor-in-Chief, DynaMed"This noteworthy book educates on many issues we address daily atHealthNewsReview. Written for physicians and other healthcare professionals, the authors write in terms the public can understand. Journalists who feed off a steady of diet of journal articles should read it along with the collection of tools at delfini.org. The book is only 112 pages. It won't overwhelm you, but will educate you on many of the themes we touch on so often as we analyze media messages about medical research studies. Strite and Stuart also provide examples to help educate." Gary Schwitzer, Publisher