Studing a Study and Testing a Test: How to Read the Health Sciences Literature

by Richard K. Riegelman and Richard K. Reigelman

Book Overview

Now in its Fourth Edition, this best-selling text presents a step-by-step approach to critical and efficient reading of the health research literature. Health care professionals will learn how to evaluate clinical studies, identify flaws in study design, understand the significance of statistics, and apply the evidence from clinical research in practice. A new section in this edition -- Considering Costs and Evaluating Effectiveness -- offers guidance...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0316745219
• ISBN13: 9780316745215
• Release Date: January 1996
• Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
• Length: 340 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.