This concise guide to the assessment of medical research is
designed to accompany every library visit. The first section of the
book introduces the rationale behind critical appraisal, discusses
the questions to be asked of each section of paper and identifies
the common pitfalls ion published research.
The second section tackles the five main genres of medical
research in detail:
surveys
clinical trials
cohort studies
case control studies
review papers
Each method is given a comprehensive one page checklist to aid
the reader in assessing the methodological quality and clinical
relevance of published studies. Experiences researchers will be
able to rely on the checklists alone as an aide-memoire, but all of
the checklists questions are expanded and discussed in the
accompanying text.
This highly practical guide is written in a lively and
jargon-free style and will be an indispensable companion to all
health professionals and students.
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