Diagnostic Tests Toolkit

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John Wiley & Sons, Nov 7, 2011 - Medical - 112 pages
Diagnostic Tests Toolkit

Diagnostic Tests Toolkit

Finding the evidence for diagnostic tests

Establishing an evidence-based methodology to assess the effectiveness of diagnostic tests has posed problems for many years. Now that the framework is in place health professionals can find and appraise the evidence for themselves. With Diagnostic Tests Toolkit clinicians and junior researchers can interpret the evidence for the effectiveness of different types of diagnostic tests, or develop their own research using the successful ‘step-by-step’ format of the Toolkit series. Written by renowned clinical researchers, this is the first basic guide to evidence-based diagnosis. It is equally valuable to starters in clinical research and those needing a quick refresher on the core elements of evidence-based diagnosis.

 

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About the author (2011)

Matthew Thompson | Oxford Centre for Monitoring and Diagnosis, Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford, UK & Department of Family Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon, USA

Ann Van den Bruel | Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK

Series Editors: Carl Heneghan, Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine, Oxford, UK, Rafael Perera, Department of Primary Care, University of Oxford, UK; Douglas Badenoch, Minervation Ltd, Edinburgh, UK

Bibliographic information

TitleDiagnostic Tests Toolkit
Volume 5 of EBMT-EBM Toolkit Series
AuthorsMatthew Thompson, Ann Van den Bruel
ContributorsCarl Heneghan, Rafael Perera, Douglas Badenoch
Editionillustrated
PublisherJohn Wiley & Sons, 2011
ISBN0470657588, 9780470657584
Length112 pages
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Medical / Chemotherapy
Medical / General
  
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