To Your Health - How To Understand What Research Tells Us About Risk

Zusatztext This excellent explication of research risks, how to assess them and how to encourage better communication and understanding of the meaning and significance of research is excellent material for researchers, consumers, patients, and families . . . The authors are articulate, clear and concise. It is most informative. I happily recommend it. Klappentext The public is bombarded daily with reports about risk factors! many conflicting with each other! others accepted as "scientific truth" for awhile! then scientifically disproved! yet others questionable that later prove to be true. Physicians are faced with trying to make sense of thoseconflicting or questionable results in the scientific literature in order to guide their patients to the best possible decisions. The situation is not much easier for scientists who may waste years of their productive life! and considerable resources! basing their research efforts on what prove tobe misleading earlier research findings. What this book does is to present! in non "academese" and with many examples from the general media and scientific journals! a guide to a critical reading of research reports! which! in turn! serves as a guide to researchers as to which approaches are likelyto be regarded with raised eyebrows! and what they need to do to generate results that will be taken seriously. This stimulating and helpful book was written for informed consumers and physicians as well as for scientists evaluating the risk research literature or contemplating projects on riskresearch. Zusammenfassung Presents examples from the general media and scientific journals, a guide to a critical reading of research reports. This helpful book was written for informed consumers and physicians as well as for scientists evaluating the risk research literature or contemplating projects on risk research.

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• Authors: Kraemer, Helena C. Kraemer, Helena C. (Professor of Biostatistics in Psychiatry Kraemer, Helena Chmura Kraemer, Helena Chmura/ Lowe Kraemer, Kraemer Helena C., David J. Kupfer, David J. (Thomas Detre Professor and Chairman of the Department of Psychiatry Kupfer, Kupfer David J., Karen K. Lowe, Karen Kraemer Lowe, Lowe Karen Kraemer
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 24.03.2005
• EAN: 9780195178708
• ISBN: 978-0-19-517870-8
• No. of pages: 270
• Dimensions: 159 mm x 235 mm x 19 mm
• Subjects: Guides > Health; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine; Medical research, Epidemiology & medical statistics, MEDICAL / Biostatistics, MEDICAL / Research, MEDICAL / Epidemiology, Epidemiology and Medical statistics