Clinical epidemiology : the essentials /
By: Fletcher, Robert H.
Contributor(s): Fletcher, Suzanne W | Fletcher, Grant S.
Publisher: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : Wolters Kluwer Health/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2014Edition: 5th ed.Description: xv, 255 pages : illustrations (coloured), map ; 25 cm.Content type: text | still image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781451144475 (alk. paper); 9781451144475; 1451144474 (alk. paper).Subject(s): Clinical epidemiology | Epidemiologic Methods
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Preface -- Acknowledgements -- 1 : introduction -- 2 : frequency -- 3 : abnormality -- 4 : risk : basic principles -- 5 : risk : exposure to disease -- 6 : risk : from disease to exposure -- 7 : prognosis -- 8 : diagnosis -- 9 : treatment -- 10 : prevention -- 11 : chance -- 12 : cause -- 13 : summarizing the evidence -- 14 : knowledge management -- Appendix A : answers to review questions -- Appendix B : additional readings -- Index.
This title provides an introduction to epidemiology that will be useful for medical, nursing, and pharmacy students to develop a system to observe and assess outcomes in similar patient types, and then apply this knowledge of outcomes to improve future patient care. The book has illustrations, pedagogical tools, examples, and summary boxes.