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Evaluating clinical research : all that glitters is not gold

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    Chapter 1 What is the purpose of this book?
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    Chapter 2 Why is benefit-to-harm balance essential to treatment decisions?
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    Chapter 3 What are the strengths of randomized controlled clinical trials?
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    Chapter 4 What are the weaknesses of randomized controlled clinical trials?
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    Chapter 5 Do meta-analyses provide the ultimate truth?
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    Chapter 6 What are the strengths of observational studies?
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    Chapter 7 What are the weaknesses of observational studies?
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    Chapter 8 Were the scientific questions stated in advance?
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    Chapter 9 Were the treatment groups comparable initially?
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    Chapter 10 Why is blinding/masking so important?
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    Chapter 11 How is symptomatic improvement measured?
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    Chapter 12 Is it really possible to assess quality of life?
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    Chapter 13 What is the value of biologic markers in drug evaluation?
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    Chapter 14 How are adverse drug reactions measured?
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    Chapter 15 How representative are study subjects in clinical trials?
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    Chapter 16 What happened to the study subjects who disappeared from the analysis?
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    Chapter 17 How reliable are active-control trials?
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    Chapter 18 How informative are composite outcomes?
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    Chapter 19 Do changes in biologic markers predict clinical benefit?
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    Chapter 20 How trustworthy are the authors?
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    Chapter 21 Does publication in a reputable scientific journal guarantee quality?
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    Chapter 22 Is it necessary to be a biostatistician to interpret scientific data?
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    Chapter 23 Are all drugs of a class interchangeable?
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    Chapter 24 How much confidence can be placed on economic analysis?
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    Chapter 25 How should I handle the massive flow of information?
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    Chapter 26 How well is research translated into clinical care?
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Title
Evaluating clinical research : all that glitters is not gold
Published by
Springer Verlag, January 2007
DOI 10.1007/978-0-387-72899-5
ISBNs
978-0-387-72898-8, 978-0-387-72899-5
Authors

Furberg, Bengt, Furberg, Curt, Furberg, Bengt D., Furberg, Curt D.

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The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 23 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.

Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Kazakhstan 1 4%
Unknown 22 96%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 7 30%
Researcher 4 17%
Student > Doctoral Student 3 13%
Student > Ph. D. Student 3 13%
Other 2 9%
Other 4 17%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 8 35%
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science 3 13%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 3 13%
Nursing and Health Professions 2 9%
Psychology 1 4%
Other 3 13%
Unknown 3 13%