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

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:Greenhalgh, Trisha.
Imprint:London : BMJ, 1997.
Description:xvii, 196 p. ; 22 cm.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/2782239
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ISBN:0727911392 (pbk) : No price : Formerly CIP
0727911392
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Why read papers at all?
  • 2. Searching the literature
  • 3. Getting your bearings (what is this paper about?)
  • 4. Assessing methodological quality
  • 5. Statistics for the non-statistician
  • 6. Papers that report drug trials
  • 7. Papers that report diagnostic or screening tests
  • 8. Papers that summarise other papers (systematic reviews and meta-analysis)
  • 9. Papers that tell you what to do (guidelines)
  • 10. Papers that tell you what things cost (economic analyses)
  • 11. Papers that go beyond numbers (qualitative research)
  • 12. Implementing evidence based findings