Principles of scientific literature evaluation : critiquing clinical drug trials / Frank J. Ascione.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ascione, Frank J., 1946-

Contributor:

Ascione, Frank J., 1946-

American Pharmaceutical Association.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Drugs--Testing--Evaluation.

Drugs.

Clinical trials--Evaluation.

Clinical trials.

Clinical Trials as Topic.

Pharmaceutical Preparations.

Decision Support Techniques.

Drug Information Services.

Drugs--Testing.

Evaluation.

Medical Subjects:

Clinical Trials as Topic.

Pharmaceutical Preparations.

Decision Support Techniques.

Drug Information Services.

Physical Description:

viii, 198 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Other Title:

Critiquing clinical drug trials

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : American Pharmaceutical Association, [2001]

Summary:

Employs a structured, question-based approach to evaluating clinical drug trials. The book includes eight sharply focused chapters, organized by the typical sections of a published article, and provides a basic overview of how to critique papers describing drug studies. Three chapters cover special topics in scientific literature evaluation. The book's well-established and effective instructional method refines and expands upon the scientific literature evaluation section of Ascione, Manifold and Parenti's textbook, Principles of Drug Information and Scientific Literature Evaluation (1994).

Contents:

1 Evaluating the Scientific Literature 1

3 Methods: Patients and Research Setting 44

4 Methods: Use of Experimental Controls 60

5 Methods: Measurement of Results 89

6 Results: Protocol and Data Management Problems 113

7 Results: Presentation of Data 125

8 Results: Interpretation of Data 153.

Notes:

Rev. ed. of: Principles of drug information and scientific literature evaluation. c1994.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Related Work:

Ascione, Frank J., 1946- Principles of drug information and scientific literature evaluation.

ISBN:

1582120080

OCLC:

44905065