Interpreting the Medical Literature: Fifth Edition

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Cut Through the Complexities of Medical Studies!

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Enhance your understanding and utilization of the information in medical journals with Stephen Gehlbach's Interpreting the Medical Literature. Written in a clear and entertaining style, this popular guide cuts through the complex language of research studies and makes reading medical publications a rewarding and pleasurable experience.

IMPROVE YOUR UNDERSTANDING OF VITAL RESEARCH

Comprehend medical literature and evaluate the significance of any study

Read research reports more quickly and easily

Make sense of dense, scientific prose

Learn about study design, measurement, statistical analysis, and interpretation

Sharpen your analytical skills on current and classic medical studies

Reinforce your knowledge of concepts with examples from actual medical literature

New to the Fifth Edition: a chapter on how to interpret conflicting studies; expanded discussions of meta-analysis and developing consensus; updated figures and charts

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• Paperback: 308 pages
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Medical; 5 edition (February 17, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0071437894
• ISBN-13: 978-0071437899
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6.1 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.5 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #175,791 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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I bought this book because I had no training in statistics and was feeling frustrated by having to memorize meaningless things for exams. I mean, that the short term memorization of sensitivity/specificity, prevalence, odds rations, these kinds of things was hard for me and then I would forget what they meant immediately after the exam.

That is not the best way to learn medical stats. So, in despair I looked for a good book to actually learn what is behind the short-hand notation I had been learning. This book actually teaches what it all means! The author is also pretty friendly and funny and I found that his humor was really helpful for absorbing the points he was making. He took the basic information and expanded it, so that now I really do understand the different studies and how to interpret their results. Well, I am no expert but at least I have a decent working knowledge of what is behind a research article. Good book, and it explains things very well.

By Meadow Lark

I've used this book numerous times while I was pursuing my Doctorate degree. It is very concise and helpful for evaluating medical literature and clinical studies. There are many great examples of poor studies of which you should be critical.

By Adrian Page

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