It's Great! Oops, No It Isn't Why Clinical Research Can't Guarantee the Right Medical Answers /
The truth is, few people know the first thing about clinical research. The public reads about a medical research project that announces unbelievable results for a miraculous drug. Some years later, another investigation completely wipes out those initial favorable findings. Hormones Cut Women’s Risk...
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| Μορφή: | Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο |
| Γλώσσα: | English |
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Dordrecht :
Springer Netherlands,
2009.
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| Διαθέσιμο Online: | Full Text via HEAL-Link |
Πίνακας περιεχομένων:
- Medical Research Explained
- Medical Research – Searching for Answers
- The Case-Control Method – Looking Backwards
- The Cohort Study – Watchful Waiting
- The Clinical Trial –The Gold Standard
- Comparing the Methods – Qualitative Differences
- Understanding the Clinical Trial
- The Protocol – The Guiding Light
- The Control Group – Leveling the Playing Field
- Measurements – They'ever Exact
- Bias Control – A Closer Look at Blinding and Randomization
- Utility – Are Clinical Trial Results Useful?
- Research Discrimination – Inadequately Tested Populations
- Seven Deadly Flaws – The Clinical Trials' Achilles' Heel
- Tools of the Trade
- Statistics – Was the Finding Significant?
- Analysis Issues – A Lot of Choices
- Meta Analysis – An Alternative to Large Trials
- The Real World
- Research Results That Clashed – What's the Right Answer?
- Hormone Replacement Therapy – The Silver Bullet That Misfired
- Publishing – Getting the Word Out to Doctors
- The Public Forum – Sharing the News with the Public
- Product Development – Getting Discoveries to the Market
- Medical Innovations – Regulators, Resources and Results
- Science and Politics – A Troubling Mixture
- Research Misconduct – Irresistible Temptation
- Postmarketing Surveillance – An Imperfect System
- Regulatory Reform – Changes Needed
- Journey's End – A Call for Action.
