How to Read a Paper

The book that health professionals turn to for a full and clear explanation of the principles of evidence-based medicine. The author's descriptions of clinical research papers and how to critically appraise them are so simply presented as to be understandable by readers at all levels, from student to specialist. Chapters on searching the literature and implementing the evidence provide guidance on using evidence-based medicine in clinical practice. This fourth edition retains the winning style, and takes in the recent developments and shifts of emphasis in evidence-based medicine and now includes: * Thoroughly revised and updated chapters on searching, qualitative research, systematic review, and implementing evidence-based practice *2 new chapters on quality improvement and the emerging field of complex interventions This new edition will be welcomed by those who teach and those needing to learn the basics of evidence-based medicine. Praise for previous editions "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." -From a review in Urology News "This clear and concise book provides an excellent starting point for those interested in finding their way through the medical literature." -From a review in Palliative Medicine

ISBN 1444334360   Weight (grammes) 333 ISBN13 9781444334364 (What's this?)   Published in Chicester Publisher John Wiley and Sons Ltd   Series title How - How to Imprint Wiley-Blackwell (an imprint of John Wiley & Sons Ltd)   Previous ISBN 9781405139762 Format Paperback   Height (mm) 215 Publication date 27 Feb 2010   Width (mm) 140 DEWEY 616   Spine width (mm) 14 DEWEY edition DC22   Academic level Professional / Scholarly Pages 256

		Foreword to the First Edition by Professor Sir David Weatherall.
		Preface to the First Edition: do you need to read this book?
		Preface to the Fourth Edition.
		Acknowledgements.
		1 Why read papers at all?
		1.1 Does 'evidence-based medicine' simply mean 'reading papers in medical journals'?
		1.2 Why do people sometimes groan when you mention EBM?
		1.3 Before you start: formulate the problem.
		2 Searching the literature.
		2.1 What are you looking for?
		2.2 Levels upon levels of evidence.
		2.3 Synthesised sources: systems, summaries and syntheses.
		2.4 Pre-appraised sources: synopses of systematic reviews and primary studies.
		2.5 Specialised resources.
		2.6 Primary studies – tackling the jungle.
		2.7 One-stop shopping: federated search engines.
		2.8 Asking for help and asking around.
		3 Getting your bearings – what is this paper about?
		3.1 The science of 'trashing' papers.
		3.2 Three preliminary questions to get your bearings.
		3.3 Randomised controlled trials.
		3.4 Cohort studies.
		3.5 Case-control studies.
		3.6 Cross-sectional surveys.
		3.7 Case reports.
		3.8 The traditional hierarchy of evidence.
		3.9 A note on ethical considerations.
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"Writing for health students and professionals, and anyone wanting to assess the validity of articles, Greenhalgh (primary health care, Queen Mary, U. of London, UK) explains the principles of evidencebased medicine and how to critically evaluate clinical research papers. She details how to evaluate different types of papers, such as papers on drug treatments and simple interventions, diagnostic and screening tests, those that summarize other papers, guidelines, economic analyses, and qualitative research." (Book News, September 2010) Trisha Greenhalgh is a doctor, not a statistician, and she is writing about a topic, Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM) that might appear at first to be irrelevant to us statisticians. It is not irrelevant. Any statistician who works extensively with health care professionals should embrace the EBM movement." (Journal of Biopharmaceutical Statistics , 2011) "The book does show you how to put your brain into thinking gear and not just absorb information without thinking about it making this an excellent book. If I can react so strongly in this review, then it has to be worth something." (SFCrowsnest.co.uk, July 2010)

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