How to Read a Paper: The Basics of Evidence-based Medicine and Healthcare

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John Wiley & Sons, 6 Mei 2019 - 288 halaman

Required reading in many medical and healthcare institutions, How to Read a Paper is a clear and wide-ranging introduction to evidence-based medicine and healthcare, helping readers to understand its central principles, critically evaluate published data, and implement the results in practical settings. Author Trisha Greenhalgh guides readers through each fundamental step of inquiry, from searching the literature to assessing methodological quality and appraising statistics.

How to Read a Paper addresses the common criticisms of evidence-based healthcare, dispelling many of its myths and misconceptions, while providing a pragmatic framework for testing the validity of healthcare literature. Now in its sixth edition, this informative text includes new and expanded discussions of study bias, political interference in published reports, medical statistics, big data and more.

  • Offers user-friendly guidance on evidence-based healthcare that is applicable to both experienced and novice readers
  • Authored by an internationally recognised practitioner and researcher in evidence-based healthcare and primary care
  • Includes updated references, additional figures, improved checklists and more

How to Read a Paper is an ideal resource for healthcare students, practitioners and anyone seeking an accessible introduction to evidence-based healthcare.

 

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Why do people sometimes groan when you mention
4
formulate the problem
11
What are you looking for?
17
Specialised resources
23
what is this paper about?
29
Randomised controlled trials
35
Crosssectional surveys
41
Was the design of the study sensible?
47
Ten questions to ask about a paper that claims to validate
107
Clinical prediction rules
113
Evaluating systematic reviews
120
Explaining heterogeneity
130
Papers that tell you what to do guidelines
137
Exercises based on this chapter
147
A note on Choosing Wisely
157
Papers that go beyond numbers qualitative research
165

Was assessment blind?
53
Exercises based on this chapter
59
Paired data tails and outliers
69
The bottom line
75
Making decisions about therapy
82
Exercises based on this chapter
89
Papers that report trials of complex interventions
92
Exercises based on this chapter
99
Papers that report questionnaire research
179
Ten questions to ask about a paper describing a quality improvement initiative
193
Clinical applications of GWAS
207
Patientreported outcome measures PROMs
221
Criticisms of evidencebased healthcare
232
Why is evidencebased policymaking so hard to achieve?
238
Assessing the effects of an intervention
252
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Tentang pengarang (2019)

TRISHA GREENHALGH, OBE, FMedSci is Professor of Primary Care Health Sciences, Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, Medical Sciences Division, University of Oxford, UK.

Informasi bibliografi

JudulHow to Read a Paper: The Basics of Evidence-based Medicine and Healthcare
How To
PengarangTrisha Greenhalgh
Edisi6, berilustrasi
PenerbitJohn Wiley & Sons, 2019
ISBN111948474X, 9781119484745
Tebal288 halaman
  
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