How to Read a Paper: The Basics of Evidence-Based Medicine

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John Wiley & Sons, Apr 7, 2014 - Medical - 284 pages

The best-selling introduction to evidence-based medicine

In a clear and engaging style, How to Read a Paper demystifies evidence-based medicine and explains how to critically appraise published research and also put the findings into practice.

An ideal introduction to evidence-based medicine, How to Read a Paper explains what to look for in different types of papers and how best to evaluate the literature and then implement the findings in an evidence-based, patient-centred way. Helpful checklist summaries of the key points in each chapter provide a useful framework for applying the principles of evidence-based medicine in everyday practice.

This fifth edition has been fully updated with new examples and references to reflect recent developments and current practice. It also includes two new chapters on applying evidence-based medicine with patients and on the common criticisms of evidence-based medicine and responses.

How to Read a Paper is a standard text for medical and nursing schools as well as a friendly guide for everyone wanting to teach or learn the basics of evidence-based medicine.

 

Contents

Why do people sometimes groan when you mention evidencebased
4
formulate the problem
10
What are you looking for?
16
Specialised resources
22
what is this paper about?
28
The traditional hierarchy of evidence
41
Were preliminary statistical questions addressed?
54
Paired data tails and outliers
68
Papers that tell you what to do guidelines
135
Ten questions to ask about a clinical guideline
141
References
148
References
162
Evaluating papers that describe qualitative research
168
References
176
References
188
References
200

Papers that report trials of drug treatments and other
78
What information to expect in a paper describing a randomised controlled
84
Papers that report trials of complex interventions
90
References
97
Ten questions to ask about a paper that claims to validate a diagnostic
105
Clinical prediction rules
111
Evaluating systematic reviews
119
Explaining heterogeneity
128
What does an evidencebased organisation look like?
210
References
217
PROMs
223
n of 1 trials and other individualised approaches
229
Whats wrong with EBM when its done well?
235
Checklists for finding appraising and implementing
242
Assessing the effects of an intervention
252
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About the author (2014)

Trisha Greenhalgh OBE, FRCGP, FRCP, Professor of Primary Health Care and Dean for Research Impact, Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry, London, UK

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