Critical Appraisal of Epidemiological Studies and Clinical Trials (Oxford Medical Publications) [Kindle Edition]
Author: Mark Elwood | Language: English | ISBN: B00FF7IFA0 | Format: PDF, EPUB
Critical Appraisal of Epidemiological Studies and Clinical Trials
Download for free books Critical Appraisal of Epidemiological Studies and Clinical Trials (Oxford Medical Publications) [Kindle Edition] for everyone book with Mediafire Link Download Link This book presents a logical system of critical appraisal, to allow readers to evaluate studies and to carry out their own studies more effectively. This system emphasizes the central importance of cause and effect relationships. Its great strength is that it is applicable to a wide range of issues, and both to intervention trials and observational studies.
This system unifies the often different approaches used in epidemiology, health services research, clinical trials, and evidence-based medicine, starting from a logical consideration of cause and effect. The author's approach to the issues of study design, selection of subjects, bias, confounding, and the place of statistical methods has been praised for its clarity and interest. Systematic reviews, meta-analysis, and the applications of this logic to evidence-based medicine, knowledge-based
health care, and health practice and policy are discussed. Current and often controversial examples are used, including screening for prostate cancer, publication bias in psychiatry, public health issues in developing countries, and conflicts between observational studies and randomized trials.
Statistical issues are explained clearly without complex mathematics, and the most useful methods are summarized in the appendix.
The final chapters give six applications of the critical appraisal of major studies: randomized trials of medical treatment and prevention, a prospective and a retrospective cohort study, a small matched case-control study, and a large case-control study. In these chapters, sections of the original papers are reproduced and the original studies placed in context by a summary of current developments. Books with free ebook downloads available Critical Appraisal of Epidemiological Studies and Clinical Trials
Download for free books Critical Appraisal of Epidemiological Studies and Clinical Trials (Oxford Medical Publications) [Kindle Edition] for everyone book with Mediafire Link Download Link This book presents a logical system of critical appraisal, to allow readers to evaluate studies and to carry out their own studies more effectively. This system emphasizes the central importance of cause and effect relationships. Its great strength is that it is applicable to a wide range of issues, and both to intervention trials and observational studies.
This system unifies the often different approaches used in epidemiology, health services research, clinical trials, and evidence-based medicine, starting from a logical consideration of cause and effect. The author's approach to the issues of study design, selection of subjects, bias, confounding, and the place of statistical methods has been praised for its clarity and interest. Systematic reviews, meta-analysis, and the applications of this logic to evidence-based medicine, knowledge-based
health care, and health practice and policy are discussed. Current and often controversial examples are used, including screening for prostate cancer, publication bias in psychiatry, public health issues in developing countries, and conflicts between observational studies and randomized trials.
Statistical issues are explained clearly without complex mathematics, and the most useful methods are summarized in the appendix.
The final chapters give six applications of the critical appraisal of major studies: randomized trials of medical treatment and prevention, a prospective and a retrospective cohort study, a small matched case-control study, and a large case-control study. In these chapters, sections of the original papers are reproduced and the original studies placed in context by a summary of current developments. Books with free ebook downloads available Critical Appraisal of Epidemiological Studies and Clinical Trials
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- Print Length: 584 pages
- Publisher: OUP Oxford; 3 edition (February 22, 2007)
- Sold by: Amazon Digital Services, Inc.
- Language: English
- ASIN: B00FF7IFA0
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this is an excellent book for advanced epidemiology students who want to find approaches to critiquing observational and experimental studies. The book does an excellent job walking through the logic of causation and finding threats to the validity of proposed causal relationships found in the medical literature. Studying this book will provide a strong foundation for being able to (as the title says) critically appraise epidemiological studies. Author also finds some wonderful studies to critique in detail.By Epidemiology student
Mark Elwood's new book will surely enable you to discover the Clinical Trials' world in an uncommon way. Focused on the causation perspective ofBy Fernando G. Costa
medical clinical problems, you will get into the different types of trials from the design aspects to the most accurate and precise statistical methods to analize results. You will learn to evaluate research findings with confidence and improve your outcomes. "Critical Appraisal of Epidemiological Studies and Clinical Trials" will be a useful tool for anyone who wants a genuine search of evidence-based medicine whether designing a clinical trial or simply studying up-to-date medical literature by sistematically reviewing its relevance, validity and results to specific situations.
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