How to read a paper
Subtitle: the basics of evidence-based medicine
By: Trisha Greenhalgh.
Edition: 3rd ed.
Publisher: BMJ Books; BMJ Books/Blackwell Pub.
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Malden, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 229
ISBN-13: 9781405139762
Subjects: Medical literature -- Evaluation.; Medicine -- Research -- Evaluation.; Evidence-based medicine.; Research.; Evidence-Based Medicine.; Reading.
Description: "How to Read a Paper is one of the bestselling texts on evidence-based medicine, used by health care professionals and medical students worldwide. Trisha Greenhalgh's ability to explain the basics of evidence-based medicine in an accessible and readable way means the book is an ideal introduction for all, from first year students to experienced practitioners. This is a text that explains the meaning of critical appraisal and terms such as numbers needed to treat, how to search the literature, evaluate the different types of papers and put the conclusions to clinical use."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Why read papers at all?; title: Searching the literature; title: Getting your bearings: what is this paper about?; title: Assessing methodological quality; title: Statistics for the non-statistician; title: Papers that report drug trials; title: Papers that report diagnostic or screening tests; title: Papers that summarise other papers (systematic reviews and meta-analyses); title: Papers that tell you what to do (guidelines); title: Papers that tell you what things cost (economic analyses); title: Papers that go beyond numbers (qualitative research); title: Papers that report questionnaire research (surveys); title: Getting evidence into practic.