How to read a paper : the basics of evidence-based medicine

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ISBN: 111880113X (electronic bk.)
ISBN: 9781118801130 (electronic bk.)
ISBN: 1118801113 (electronic bk.)
ISBN: 9781118801116 (electronic bk.)
Physical Description: 1 online resource (xxii, 261 pages) : illustrations.
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Edition: Fifth edition.
Publisher: Chichester, West Sussex, UK : Wiley, 2014.

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	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.
Source of Description Note:	Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on April 8, 2014)