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• Title:How to read a paper : the basics of evidence-based medicine / Trisha Greenhalgh.
  
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• Author/Creator:Greenhalgh, Trisha, author.
  
• Other Contributors/Collections:Ebooks Corporation.
  
• Published/Created:Chichester, West Sussex, UK : Wiley, 2014.
  

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  • Call Number: WB102.5
    
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• Library of Congress Subjects:Medical literature--Evaluation.
  Medicine--Research--Evaluation.
  Evidence-based medicine.
  
• Medical Subjects: Evidence-Based Practice.
  Journalism, Medical.
  Research.
  
• Subject(s):Electronic books.
  
• Edition:Fifth edition.
  
• Description:1 online resource.
  
• Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
  Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on April 8, 2014)
  
• ISBN:9781118801116 (electronic bk.)
  1118801113 (electronic bk.)
  9781118801130 (electronic bk.)
  111880113X (electronic bk.)
  9781118800966 (pbk.)
  9781118801093
  1118801091
  
• Contents:Machine generated contents note: ch. 1 Why read papers at all?
  Does `evidence-based medicine' simply mean `reading papers in medical journals'?
  Why do people sometimes groan when you mention evidence-based medicine?
  Before you start: formulate the problem
  References
  ch. 2 Searching the literature
  What are you looking for?
  Levels upon levels of evidence
  Synthesised sources: systems, summaries and syntheses
  Pre-appraised sources: synopses of systematic reviews and primary studies
  Specialised resources
  Primary studies tackling the jungle
  One-stop shopping: federated search engines
  Asking for help and asking around
  Online tutorials for effective searching
  References
  ch. 3 Getting your bearings: what is this paper about?
  science of `trashing' papers
  Three preliminary questions to get your bearings
  Randomised controlled trials
  Cohort studies
  Case-control studies
  Cross-sectional surveys
  Case reports
  traditional hierarchy of evidence
  note on ethical considerations
  References
  ch. 4 Assessing methodological quality
  Was the study original?
  Whom is the study about?
  Was the design of the study sensible?
  Was systematic bias avoided or minimised?
  Was assessment `blind'?
  Were preliminary statistical questions addressed?
  Summing up
  References
  ch. 5 Statistics for the non-statistician
  How can non-statisticians evaluate statistical tests?
  Have the authors set the scene correctly?
  Paired data, tails and outliers
  Correlation, regression and causation
  Probability and confidence
  bottom line
  Summary
  References
  ch. 6 Papers that report trials of drug treatments and other simple interventions
  `Evidence' and marketing
  Making decisions about therapy
  Surrogate endpoints
  What information to expect in a paper describing a randomised controlled trial: the CONSORT statement
  Getting worthwhile evidence out of a pharmaceutical representative
  References
  ch. 7 Papers that report trials of complex interventions
  Complex interventions
  Ten questions to ask about a paper describing a complex intervention
  References
  ch. 8 Papers that report diagnostic or screening tests
  Ten men in the dock
  Validating diagnostic tests against a gold standard
  Ten questions to ask about a paper that claims to validate a diagnostic or screening test
  Likelihood ratios
  Clinical prediction rules
  References
  ch. 9 Papers that summarise other papers (systematic reviews and meta-analyses)
  When is a review systematic?
  Evaluating systematic reviews
  Meta-analysis for the non-statistician
  Explaining heterogeneity
  New approaches to systematic review
  References
  ch. 10 Papers that tell you what to do (guidelines)
  great guidelines debate
  How can we help ensure that evidence-based guidelines are followed?
  Ten questions to ask about a clinical guideline
  References
  ch. 11 Papers that tell you what things cost (economic analyses)
  What is economic analysis?
  Measuring costs and benefits of health interventions
  References
  ch. 12 Papers that go beyond numbers (qualitative research)
  What is qualitative research?
  Evaluating papers that describe qualitative research
  References
  ch. 13 Papers that report questionnaire research
  rise and rise of questionnaire research
  Ten questions to ask about a paper describing a questionnaire study
  References
  ch. 14 Papers that report quality improvement case studies
  What are quality improvement studies
  and how should we research them?
  Ten questions to ask about a paper describing a quality improvement initiative
  References
  ch. 15 Getting evidence into practice
  Why are health professionals slow to adopt evidence-based practice?
  How much avoidable suffering is caused by failing to implement evidence?
  How can we influence health professionals' behaviour to promote evidence-based practice?
  What does an `evidence-based organisation' look like?
  How can we help organisations develop the appropriate structures, systems and values to support evidence-based practice?
  References
  ch. 16 Applying evidence with patients
  patient perspective
  PROMs
  Shared decision-making
  Option grids
  n of 1 trials and other individualised approaches
  References
  ch. 17 Criticisms of evidence-based medicine
  What's wrong with EBM when It's done badly?
  What's wrong with EBM when It's done well?
  Why is `evidence-based policymaking' so hard to achieve?
  References.