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(More customer reviews)"This book is largely aimed at trainee psychiatrists perparing for the MRCPsych examination but it is also intended for use by professional's interested in improving their understanding in this area. It is very readable, topics follow sequentially and clearly a lot of thought and effort have gone into communicating the subject to the reader. Tricky concepts are explained effortlessly and with clarity. Each chapter ends with a useful summary, which can be used for revision purposes. Those already possessing a more basic text might find this book useful to dip into for a more thorough explanation... This is a useful, largely comprehensive and well written text... Whilst not a book for the compulsive crammer I am certain many would choose it in preference to existing titles." - By Justin Sauer, Maudsley Hospital

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Critical Appraisal of Medical Literature provides astep-by-step approach to help the reader reach a good level ofproficiency in systematic critical appraisal of medical information.To this end, the book covers all the elements that are necessary todevelop these skills and is a comprehensive guide to the subject.The book is written in three parts. The first part focuses on thelogical justification and the validity of medical information. Itschapters present basic working definitions and discussions on relevantbasic topics of statistics and epidemiology. The second part focuseson the complementary aspects of critique, common study designs andarticles whose main topics are treatment, diagnosis, prognosis,aetiology, reviews, medical guidelines, audit, and qualitativeresearch. The third part presents some statistical techniques that arecommonly used in published articles. Critical Appraisal of Medical Literature is intended for thoseinterested in developing critical appraisal skills such as psychiatrictrainees preparing for the Critical Review Paper of the MRCPsychExamination in the UK, other practitioners as part of theirpreparation for examinations, and medical professionals and studentsas part of their introduction to aspects of systematic criticalappraisal of medical information.

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