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Understanding clinical papers / David Bowers, Allan House, David Owens, Bridgette Bewick.

Bowers, David, 1938- (author.). House, Allan, (author.). Owens, David, 1954- (author.). Bewick, Bridgette, (author.).

Summary:

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.

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  • 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.
Subject: Medical literature.
Medical writing.
Journalism, Medical.
Journalism, Medical.
Medical literature.
Medical writing.
Journalism, Medical.
Reading.
Writing.

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24510. ‡aUnderstanding clinical papers / ‡cDavid Bowers, Allan House, David Owens, Bridgette Bewick.
250 . ‡aThird edition.
264 1. ‡aChichester, West Sussex, UK : ‡bWiley Blackwell, ‡c2014.
300 . ‡aix, 247 pages ; ‡c25 cm
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504 . ‡aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
5050 . ‡aSome 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.
520 . ‡aUnderstanding 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.
650 0. ‡aMedical literature.
650 0. ‡aMedical writing.
650 0. ‡aJournalism, Medical.
650 7. ‡aJournalism, Medical. ‡2fast ‡0(OCoLC)fst00984149
650 7. ‡aMedical literature. ‡2fast ‡0(OCoLC)fst01014347
650 7. ‡aMedical writing. ‡2fast ‡0(OCoLC)fst01014798
65012. ‡aJournalism, Medical.
65022. ‡aReading.
65022. ‡aWriting.
7001 . ‡aHouse, Allan, ‡eauthor.
7001 . ‡aOwens, David, ‡d1954- ‡eauthor.
7001 . ‡aBewick, Bridgette, ‡eauthor.
77608. ‡iOnline version: ‡aBowers, David, 1938- author. ‡tUnderstanding clinical papers. ‡bThird edition. ‡dChichester, West Sussex, UK : John Wiley & Sons Inc., 2013 ‡z9781118760000 ‡w(DLC) 2013020180
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