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9780470519394

Painless Evidence-Based Medicine

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  • ISBN13:

    9780470519394

  • ISBN10:

    0470519398

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2008-07-14
  • Publisher: Wiley
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Summary

This concise book presents evidence-based medicine to neophytes in simplified, friendly language. Basic concepts and application of research statistics are presented in simple sequences that are non-threatening even to the mathematically challenged. The authors emphasize two important aspects of appraisal: 1) how directly it provides an answer to the clinical problem at hand and 2) how well results can be generalized to various populations. Painless Evidence-Based Medicine: Offers a simplified approach to the complex or technical subject of evidence-based medicine, in terms of presentation as well as content Is truly designed for the world market place Breaks the subject into succinct chapters, each chapter being a self sufficient introduction to the topic Includes pre-tested 'tackle boxes' throughout to help readers understand the issuesPainless Evidence-Based Medicine is an invaluable resource for medical students, clinicians, clinical epidemiology practitioners, and everyone involved in health care.

Table of Contents

Foreword
Preface
List of Contributors
Introduction
The definition of EBM
The three skills of EBM
Summary
Evaluation of Articles on Therapy
Appraising directness
Appraising validity
Appraising the results
Assessing applicability
Individualizing the results
Summary
Evaluation of Articles on Diagnosis
Appraising directness
Appraising validity
Appraising results
Assessing applicability
Individualizing the results
Summary
Evaluation of Articles on Harm
Appraising directness
Appraising validity
Appraising the results
Assessing applicability
Individualizing the results
Summary
Evaluation of Articles on Prognosis
Appraising directness
Appraising validity
Appraising the results
Assessing applicability
Individualizing the results
Summary
Evaluation of Articles on Meta-Analysis
Appraising directness
Appraising validity
Appraising the results
Assessing applicability
Individualizing the results
Summary
Literature Searches
What are electronic databases?
The language of electronic databases
Summary
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