Randomized controlled trials are one of the most powerful and revolutionary tools of research. This book is a convenient and accessible deillegalscription of the underlying principles and practice of randomized controlled trials and their role in clinical decision-making.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Foreword by Dr. Sholom Glouberman. Preface to the first edition. Acknowledgments. Acknowledgments from the first edition. Introduction to the second edition. Introduction to the first edition. 1. Randomized controlled trials: the basics. 2. Types of randomized controlled trials. 3. Bias in randomized controlled trials. 4. Assessing the quality of randomized controlled trials: why, what, how, and by whom?. 5. Reporting and interpreting individual trials: the essentials. 6. From individual trials to groups of trials: reviews, meta-analyses, and guidelines. 7. From trials to decisions: the basis of evidence-based health care. 8. Ethics and clinical trials: are they compatible?. 9. Reprise: more musings. Index
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Randomized Controlled Trials
Questions, Answers and Musings
Second Edition
Alejandro R. Jadad and Murray W. Enkin
Randomized controlled trials are one of the most powerful and revolutionary tools of research.
