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| How to Read a Paper: The Basics of Evidence-based Medicine | 
 enlarge | Author: Trisha Greenhalgh
Publisher: BMJ Books
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Customer Ratings:  6 comments
Media: Paperback
Edition: 3
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 248
Shipping Weight (pounds): 0.9
Dimensions (inch): 8.4 x 5.4 x 0.6
ISBN: 1405139765
Dewey Decimal Number: 610.72
EAN: 9781405139762
Publication Date: January 26, 2006
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 outstanding text July 16, 2007
This book fills a gap in my library.
I think that it applies well to our everyday practice in internal medicine because it summarizes the knowledge without being shallow.
It is very interesting the section about statistics with some pearls that really have an influence in the way we consider the analysis of data in papers we are used to read.
A must read book!
Paulo Carvalho January 10, 2007
1 out of 5 found this comment useful.
It is a concise and understandable book covering all that is important for concise critical appraisal of the literature on health and medicine. It is a very good start point for undergraduate and postgraduate students who want to get knowledge about this subject. I would like to remember you; if you can not do a critical appraisal of the paper you are reading probably you are buying cats thinking it is a rabbit...
Excellent EBM tool !!! November 10, 2006
If you want to learn about EBM in an objective, practical and friendly way, this book is an excellent tool.
Good guide to EBM July 15, 2001
10 out of 11 found this comment useful.
Greenhalgh's book is a great read for someone familiar with medical and research terminology. As a med student, I loved it and found it very practical. It contains a great deal of material on how to evaluate the type, methodology, and statistical methods of research papers. There is no glossary, and in places the layout is hard to look at.
 Short on Substance June 12, 2001
7 out of 9 found this comment useful.
"How to Read a Paper" reads more like a short essay than a book. While it is well written and often full of spirited discussion, this text is somewhat short on substance and generally too simplistic. The author rarely delves beyond the surface when explaining and exporoing this field, leaving me, at least, unsatisfied. Whereas a simplistic approach to any field may be useful, the amplification of themes once introduced is where real learning occurs. This book falls short, where several other excellent texts in this field carry on. I do like the author's style, and would encourage her to scribe a more thorough text... but if I were you I'd wait for that effort before buying this one.
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