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How to read a paper : the basics of evidence-based medicine / Trisha Greenhalgh.

By: Greenhalgh, Trisha.
Publisher: Malden, Mass. : BMJ Books/Blackwell, 2006Edition: 3rd ed.Description: xv, 229 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.ISBN: 1405139765 (alk. paper); 9781405139762.Subject(s): Medical literature -- Evaluation | Medicine -- Research -- Evaluation | Evidence-based medicineDDC classification: 610.72
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-analyses) - 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. Papers that report questionnaire research - 13. Getting evidence into practice.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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-analyses) - 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. Papers that report questionnaire research - 13. Getting evidence into practice.