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Understanding clinical papers / David Bowers, Allan House, David Owens, Bridgette Bewick.
Understanding Clinical Papers is a popular and well established introduction to reading clinical papers. It unravels the process of evidence-based practice, using real papers to illustrate how to understand and evaluate published research, and provides clear explanations of important research-related topics.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781118232828
- ISBN: 1118232828
- ISBN: 111876000X
- ISBN: 9781118760000
- Physical Description: ix, 247 pages ; 25 cm
- Edition: Third edition.
- Publisher: Chichester, West Sussex, UK : Wiley Blackwell, 2014.
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Some preliminaries -- The abstract and introduction -- The aims and objectives -- Descriptive studies : qualitative -- Descriptive studies : quantitative -- Analytic studies -- Intervention studies -- Mixed methods studies -- The research setting -- Populations and samples in quantitative research -- The sample in qualitative research -- Identifying and defining cases -- Controls and comparisons -- Identifying the characteristics of quantitative data -- Summarising the characteristics of quantitative data -- Identifying and summarising the characteristics of qualitative data -- Measuring the characteristics of participants : quantitative -- Measuring the characteristics of participants : qualitative -- Measuring the characteristics of measures -- Measurement scales -- Exploring and explaining topic guides -- Fractions, proportions and rates -- Risk and odds -- Ratios of risks and odds -- Confidence intervals for means, proportions, and medians -- Confidence intervals for ratios -- Hypothesis testing -- Measuring association -- Measuring agreement -- Linear regression -- Logistic regression -- Measuring survival -- Systematic review -- Analysing qualitative data -- Results in text and tables -- Results in pictures -- The discussion and conclusions -- References -- Index. |
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| Subject: | Medical literature. Medical writing. Journalism, Medical. Journalism, Medical. Medical literature. Medical writing. Journalism, Medical. Reading. Writing. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Circulation Modifier | Holdable? | Status | Due Date | Courses |
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| Cranbrook Campus | R 118.6 .B69 2014 (Text) | 31111000151108 | CRANBROOK | Volume hold | Available | - |
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Bowers, House, Owens, and Bewick offer this guide for health care professionals on interpreting clinical research literature. The book is divided into sections that mirror the organization of a peer reviewed paper and focus on the questions answered in each section. Part I discusses what can be gleaned from the abstract, introduction, aims and objectives. Parts II and III analyze study design and subject populations, respectively. Part IV takes a first look at the data, discussing basic characteristics of participants and measures in both quantitative and qualitative studies, while Part V clarifies common reporting methods such as proportions, rates, and odds. Parts VI and VII pertain to data analysis and interpretation, and cover confidence intervals, determination of statistical significance, and multivariable analyses such as regressions, association and agreement measures. Principles are demonstrated through commentary on examples of real published papers. The primary update since the last edition is material on qualitative research. Annotation ©2014 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com) - Gardners
Understanding Clinical Papers is a popular and well established introduction to reading clinical papers. It unravels the process of evidence-based practice, using real papers to illustrate how to understand and evaluate published research, and provides clear explanations of important research-related topics. . - WILEY
Understanding Clinical Papers is a popular and well established introduction to reading clinical papers. It unravels the process of evidence-based practice, using real papers to illustrate how to understand and evaluate published research, and provides clear explanations of important research-related topics.
