University of Kabianga

How to read a paper :

Greenhalgh, Trisha.

How to read a paper : the basics of evidence-based medicine / Trisha Greenhalgh. - 3rd ed. - Malden, Mass. : BMJ Books/Blackwell Pub., 2006. - v, 229 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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 drug trials -- 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 -- Getting evidence into practice.

1405139765 (alk. paper) 9781405139762

2005031701

101261806 DNLM


Medical literature--Evaluation.
Medicine--Research--Evaluation.
Evidence-based medicine.
Research.
Evidence-Based Medicine.
Reading.

R118.6 / .G74 2006

610.72