How to Read a Paper
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How to Read a Paper

the Basics of Evidence-Based Healthcare

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eBook - PDF

How to Read a Paper

the Basics of Evidence-Based Healthcare

About this book

Learn to assess published research in this best-selling introduction to evidence-based healthcare

Evidence-based practices have revolutionized medical care. Clinical and scientific papers have something to offer practitioners at every level of the profession, from students to established clinicians in medicine, nursing and allied professions. Novices are often intimidated by the idea of reading and appraising the research literature. How to Read a Paper demystifies this process with a thorough, engaging introduction to how clinical research papers are constructed and how to evaluate them. Now fully updated to incorporate new areas of research, readers of the seventh edition of How to Read a Paper will also find:

  • A careful balance between the principles of evidence-based healthcare and clinical practice
  • New chapters covering consensus methods, mechanistic evidence, big data and artificial intelligence
  • Detailed coverage of subjects like assessing methodological quality, systemic reviews and meta-analyses, qualitative research, and more.

How to Read a Paper is ideal for all healthcare students and professionals seeking an accessible introduction to evidence-based healthcare – particularly those sitting undergraduate and postgraduate exams and preparing for interviews.

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Information

Publisher
Wiley-Blackwell
Year
2024
Print ISBN
9781394206902
eBook ISBN
9781394206919
Edition
7
Topic
Medicine
Subtopic
Medical Theory, Practice & Reference

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Dedication Page
  5. Contents
  6. Foreword to the first edition by Professor Sir David Weatherall
  7. Preface to the seventh edition
  8. Preface to the first edition
  9. Acknowledgements
  10. Chapter 1 Why read papers at all?
  11. Chapter 2 Searching the literature
  12. Chapter 3 Getting your bearings: what is this paper about?
  13. Chapter 4 Assessing methodological quality
  14. Chapter 5 Statistics for the non-statistician
  15. Chapter 6 Papers that report clinical trials of simple interventions
  16. Chapter 7 Papers that report trials of complex interventions
  17. Chapter 8 Papers that report diagnostic or screening tests
  18. Chapter 9 Papers that summarise other papers (systematic reviews and meta-analyses)
  19. Chapter 10 Papers that advise you what to do (guidelines)
  20. Chapter 11 Papers that estimate what things cost (health economic evaluations)
  21. Chapter 12 Papers that go beyond numbers (qualitative research)
  22. Chapter 13 Papers that report questionnaire research
  23. Chapter 14 Papers that report quality improvement case studies
  24. Chapter 15 Papers that describe genetic association studies
  25. Chapter 16 Applying evidence with patients
  26. Chapter 17 Papers on artificial intelligence in healthcare
  27. Chapter 18 EBM+: the importance of mechanistic evidence
  28. Chapter 19 Papers that report consensus exercises
  29. Chapter 20 Criticisms of evidence-based healthcare
  30. Appendix 1: Checklists for finding, appraising and implementing evidence
  31. Appendix 2 Assessing the effects of an intervention
  32. Index
  33. EULA