How to read a paper : the basics of evidence-based medicine /
Trisha Greenhalgh.
- 3rd ed.
- Malden, Mass. : BMJ Books/Blackwell Pub., 2006.
- xv, 229 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Why read papers at all? -- Searching the literature -- Getting your bearings: what is this paper about? -- Assessing methodological quality -- Statistics for the non-statistician -- Papers that report drug trials -- Papers that report diagnostic or screening tests -- Papers that summarise other papers (systematic reviews and meta-analyses) -- Papers that tell you what to do (guidelines) -- Papers that tell you what things cost (economic analyses) -- Papers that go beyond numbers (qualitative research) -- Papers that report questionnaire research -- Getting evidence into practice.
1405139765 (alk. paper) 9781405139762
2005031701
101261806 DNLM
Medical literature--Evaluation. Medicine--Research--Evaluation. Evidence-based medicine. Research. Evidence-Based Medicine. Reading.