How to read a paper : the basics of evidence-based medicine / Trisha Greenhalgh.
By: Greenhalgh, Trisha [author.].
Wiley-Blackwell ©2014Edition: Fifth edition.Description: p. ; cm.ISBN: 9781118800966 (pbk.).Subject(s): Evidence-Based Practice | Journalism, Medical | ResearchGenre/Form: Print books.Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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On Shelf | R118.6 .G743.25 2014 (Browse shelf) | Available | AU00000000014233 | ||
On Shelf | R118.6.G743.25 2014 (Browse shelf) | Available | AU0000000001890 |
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 trials of drugs and other simple interventions -- Papers that report trials of complex interventions -- 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 -- Papers that report quality improvement case studies -- Getting evidence into practice.