It's Great! Oops, No It Isn't: Why Clinical Research Can't Guarantee the Right Medical Answers.

By Ronald R. Gauch

Preface Part One: Medical Research Explained Chapter 1. Medical Research - Searching For Answers Chapter 2. The Case-Control Method - Looking Backward Chapter 3. The Cohort Study - Watchful Waiting Chapter 4. The Clinical Trial - The Gold Standard Chapter 5. Comparing The Methods - Qualitative Differences Part Two: Understanding The Clinical Trial Chapter 6. The Protocol - The Guiding Light Chapter 7. The Control Group - Leveling The Playing Field Chapter 8. Measurements - They're Never Exact Chapter 9. Bias Control - A Closer Look At Blinding And Randomization Chapter 10. Utility -Are Clinical Trial Results Useful? Chapter 11. Research Discrimination - Inadequately Tested Populations Chapter 12. Seven Deadly Flaws - The Achilles' Heel Of The Clinical Trial Part Three: Tools Of The Trade Chapter 13. Statistics - Was The Finding Significant? Chapter 14. Analysis Issues - A Lot Of Choices Chapter 15. The Meta Analysis - An Alternative To Large Trials Part Four: The Real World Chapter 16. Research Results that Clashed - What's The Right Answer? Chapter 17. Hormone Replacement Therapy - The Silver Bullet That Misfired Chapter 18. Publishing - Getting The Word Out To Doctors Chapter 19. Communicating - Sharing The News With The Public Chapter 20. Product Development - Getting Discoveries To The Market Chapter 21. Medical Innovation - Regulators, Resources And Results Chapter 22. Science And Politics - A Troubling Mixture Chapter 23. Research Misconduct - Irresistible Temptation Chapter 24. Postmarketing Surveillance - An Imperfect System Chapter 25. Regulatory Reform - Changes Needed Chapter 26. Journey's End - A Call For Action Notes/Bibliography Glossary Index

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1402089066
• ISBN13: 9781402089060
• Release Date: November 2008
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 298 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"