How to Read a Paper

"How to Read a Paper" is one of the bestselling texts on evidence-based medicine, used by health care professionals and medical students worldwide. Trisha Greenhalgh's ability to explain the basics of evidence-based medicine in an accessible and readable way means the book is an ideal introduction for all, from first year students to experienced practitioners. This is a text that explains the meaning of critical appraisal and terms such as 'numbers needed to treat', 'how to search the literature', 'evaluate the different types of papers' and 'put the conclusions to clinical use'. New features of the third edition include: new discussion putting evidence-based medicine into the current context, with more emphasis on patient perspectives; increased coverage of qualitative research in evidence-based medicine; and, new information on literature sources and search mechanisms.

ISBN 1405139765   Volumes 1 ISBN13 9781405139762 (What's this?)   Weight (grammes) 286 Publisher John Wiley and Sons Ltd   Published in Oxford Imprint Blackwell Publishing Ltd   Series title Evidence-Based Medicine Format Paperback   Previous ISBN 9780727915788 Publication date 05 Jan 2006   Height (mm) 216 Library of Congress RC48   Width (mm) 142 DEWEY 616.075   Spine width (mm) 14 DEWEY edition DC22   Academic level Professional / Scholarly Pages 248

Ch. 1		Why read papers at all?		1
Ch. 2		Searching the literature		15
Ch. 3		Getting your bearings : what is this paper about?		40
Ch. 4		Assessing methodological quality		59
Ch. 5		Statistics for the non-statistician		73
Ch. 6		Papers that report drug trials		90
Ch. 7		Papers that report diagnostic or screening tests		100
Ch. 8		Papers that summarise other papers (systematic reviews and meta-analyses)		114
Ch. 9		Papers that tell you what to do (guidelines)		134
Ch. 10		Papers that tell you what things cost (economic analyses)		152
Ch. 11		Papers that go beyond numbers (qualitative research)		166
Ch. 12		Papers that report questionnaire research		180
Ch. 13		Getting evidence into practice		191
App. 1		Checklists for finding, appraising and implementing evidence		212
App. 2		Assessing the effects of an intervention		220

"One of the greatest aspects of this book is the section relating to searching the literature and whilst we may think we may all practise this on a fairly regular basis under the assumption that we do a pretty decent job of it, this section holds the key to excelling." (Urology News, May/June 2009)

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