Analysing Survival Data from Clinical Trials and Observational Studies
ISBN: 9780471939870 / Angielski / Twarda / 432 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The statistical methods and techniques described in this text range from descriptive and exploratory analysis to multivariate regression methods. Also discussed are the features and performance levels of statistical software packages that exist to apply the methods of analysis. Illustrative data sets are used throughout to describe methods of analysis and to report on results.
The statistical methods and techniques described in this text range from descriptive and exploratory analysis to multivariate regression methods. Also...
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Good Clinical Practice: Standard Operating Procedures for Clinical Researchers
ISBN: 9780471969365 / Angielski / Miękka / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. There is a growing trend for investigators/centres to adopt a more formal approach to the procedures applied to various stages of clinical trials. Most environments employ some form of Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) which are designed to be used as working tools within whatever field they are used, such as SOPs in hospitals for doctors and nurses. With exacting standards of good clinical practice being applied to all areas, optimizing the design and use of SOPs is more in demand every day. This text provides checklists of sponsoring companies, clinical research organizations, and...
There is a growing trend for investigators/centres to adopt a more formal approach to the procedures applied to various stages of clinical trials. Mos...
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689,01 zł |
Impure Science: Aids, Activism, and the Politics of Knowledgevolume 7
ISBN: 9780520214453 / Angielski / Miękka / 480 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In the short, turbulent history of AIDS research and treatment, the boundaries between scientist insiders and lay outsiders have been crisscrossed to a degree never before seen in medical history. Steven Epstein's astute and readable investigation focuses on the critical question of "how certainty is constructed or deconstructed," leading us through the views of medical researchers, activists, policy makers, and others to discover how knowledge about AIDS emerges out of what he calls "credibility struggles." Epstein shows the extent to which AIDS research has been a social and political...
In the short, turbulent history of AIDS research and treatment, the boundaries between scientist insiders and lay outsiders have been crisscrossed to ...
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213,41 zł |
Evidence-Based Medicine and the Search for a Science of Clinical Care: Volume 12
ISBN: 9780520243163 / Angielski / Twarda / 290 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "This book is an informative contribution to the education of future practioners during medical school and residency training. Daly tells the story of the evolution of EBM by recounting the intellectual contributions, spanning four decades, of individuals wishing to see the best available evidence about the management of clinical conditions incorporated into the practice of medicine."--Michael Whitcomb, Senior VP and Director of Division of Medical Education at the Association of American Medical Colleges"This book is an engaging account of the evolution of evidence-based medicine, and an...
"This book is an informative contribution to the education of future practioners during medical school and residency training. Daly tells the story of...
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524,84 zł |
What Price Better Health?: Hazards of the Research Imperativevolume 9
ISBN: 9780520246645 / Angielski / Miękka / 341 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The idea that we have an unlimited moral imperative to pursue medical research is deeply rooted in American society and medicine. In this provocative work, Daniel Callahan exposes the ways in which such a seemingly high and humane ideal can be corrupted and distorted into a harmful practice.
Medical research, with its power to attract money and political support, and its promise of cures for a wide range of medical burdens, has good and bad sides--which are often indistinguishable. In What Price Better Health?, Callahan teases out the distinctions and differences, revealing the... The idea that we have an unlimited moral imperative to pursue medical research is deeply rooted in American society and medicine. In this provocative ...
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189,01 zł |
Power Analysis for Experimental Research: A Practical Guide for the Biological, Medical and Social Sciences
ISBN: 9780521024563 / Angielski / Miękka / 376 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Power analysis is an essential tool for determining whether a statistically significant result can be expected in a scientific experiment prior to the experiment being performed. This comprehensive, accessible book provides practicing researchers with step-by-step instructions for conducting power/sample size analyses, assuming only basic prior knowledge of summary statistics and normal distribution. It contains a unified approach to statistical power analysis, with numerous easy-to-use tables that make further calculations or statistical expertise unnecessary.
Power analysis is an essential tool for determining whether a statistically significant result can be expected in a scientific experiment prior to the...
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342,18 zł |
The Design and Analysis of Research Studies
ISBN: 9780521425803 / Angielski / Miękka / 372 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book provides students and research workers in the biological, medical and social sciences with the statistical background needed to collect and analyse data in an intelligent and critical manner. Key examples and case studies are used to illustrate commonly encountered research problems and to explain how they may be solved or even avoided altogether. Professor Manly also presents a clear understanding of the opportunities and limitations of different research designs, as well as an introduction to some new methods of analysis that are proving increasingly popular. Topics covered...
This book provides students and research workers in the biological, medical and social sciences with the statistical background needed to collect and ...
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365,66 zł |
The Embryo Research Debate: Science and the Politics of Reproduction
ISBN: 9780521571807 / Angielski / Twarda / 228 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book provides a nontechnical account of the debate concerning human embryo research, concentrating on the British parliamentary debates of 1984-1990. It traces the debates' origins back to conflicts over abortion and moral reform in the 1960s, and examines reactions in the 1990s to sex selection and the use of eggs from human fetuses for research. Michael Mulkay shows how embryo research develops within a complex social environment, writing for anyone interested in the relationship between science-based assisted reproduction and society.
This book provides a nontechnical account of the debate concerning human embryo research, concentrating on the British parliamentary debates of 1984-1...
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488,75 zł |
Searching the Web for Health: A Guide to Finding Reliable Medical Information on the Internet
ISBN: 9780595303434 / Angielski / Miękka / 92 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Sick and tired of trying to muddle through the enormous volume of confusing health information on the web? Finding it impossible to distinguish factual remedies from contrived marketing ploys? "Searching the Web for Health" is the up-to-date resource you can rely on to show you how to get the most out of surfing the web for the health information you need. Whether you want to relieve a bad cough or find the most advanced research on cancer treatment, "Searching the Web for Health" will help you separate fact from fiction and give you the strategies, knowledge, and expert resources you need to...
Sick and tired of trying to muddle through the enormous volume of confusing health information on the web? Finding it impossible to distinguish factua...
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52,07 zł |
A Life in Academic Medicine
ISBN: 9780595442539 / Angielski / Miękka / 172 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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Quality Improvement Research: Understanding the Science of Change in Health Care
ISBN: 9780727916402 / Angielski / Miękka / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Quality improvement in health care is now a stated objective of health services worldwide, yet effective delivery is not always apparent. This book discusses research methods that should help to improve the delivery of quality.
Quality improvement in health care is now a stated objective of health services worldwide, yet effective delivery is not always apparent. This book di...
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327,96 zł |
Human Trials: Scientists, Investors, and Patients in the Quest for a Cure
ISBN: 9780738206776 / Angielski / Miękka / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Susan Quinn's extraordinary story takes the reader into the closed world of experimental "human trials" in which new drugs are developed. Both the portrait of a dedicated scientist and the archetypal story of all medical research, Human Trials is the emotion-laden, roller-coaster trip from the lab bench to the medicine cabinet, in which scientists risk their reputations, venture capitalists their millions, and patients their very lives. A Merloyd Lawrence Book
Susan Quinn's extraordinary story takes the reader into the closed world of experimental "human trials" in which new drugs are developed. Both the por...
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95,82 zł |
Handbook of Pre-Clinical Continuous Intravenous Infusion
ISBN: 9780748408672 / Angielski / Twarda / 344 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The techniques of continuous infusion are used for the administration of drugs during surgery, chemotherapy and in the treatment of a wide range of acute and chronic diseases. To enable these pharmaceuticals to be safely tested in humans, it is a regulatory and ethical requirement that their safety must first be assessed pre-clinically.
The techniques of continuous infusion are used for the administration of drugs during surgery, chemotherapy and in the treatment of a wide range of ac...
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701,59 zł |
Intelligent and Adaptive Systems in Medicine
ISBN: 9780750309943 / Angielski / Twarda / 400 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Intelligent and adaptive techniques are rapidly being used in all stages of medical treatment, from the initial diagnosis to planning delivery and follow-up therapy.To realize the full potential of these techniques, developers and end users must understand both the underlying technology and the specifics of the medical application considered. Focusing on this growing area of interest, Intelligent and Adaptive Systems in Medicine clearly and concisely explains a range of adaptive and intelligent systems, highlighting their benefits and limitations with realistic medical examples....
Intelligent and adaptive techniques are rapidly being used in all stages of medical treatment, from the initial diagnosis to planning delivery and fol...
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Clinical Research for Health Professionals: A User-Friendly Guide
ISBN: 9780750671934 / Angielski / Miękka / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. * A jargon-free guide to understanding and conducting research * Uses metaphors, visual images, and examples to simplify complex research concepts * Includes information on how to start a journal club, how to write case reports, and * How to become a "clinician-researcher" * Provides computer exercises to help readers understand statistical concepts
* A jargon-free guide to understanding and conducting research * Uses metaphors, visual images, and examples to simplify complex research concepts * I...
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166,25 zł |
Grounded Theory in Practice
ISBN: 9780761907480 / Angielski / Miękka / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This volume presents a series of readings that emphasize different aspects of grounded theory methodology. The selections are written by former students of the late Anselm Strauss and have been chosen for their accessibility and range.
This volume presents a series of readings that emphasize different aspects of grounded theory methodology. The selections are written by former studen...
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665,22 zł |
The Nature of Qualitative Evidence
ISBN: 9780761922841 / Angielski / Twarda / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book provides urgently needed standards for qualitative inquiry while tackling the significant issues of what constitutes qualitative evidence. In particular, the book will address the place of qualitative evidence in the planning, delivery and evaluation of health care.
This book provides urgently needed standards for qualitative inquiry while tackling the significant issues of what constitutes qualitative evidence. I...
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The Nature of Qualitative Evidence
ISBN: 9780761922858 / Angielski / Miękka / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. What constitutes qualitative evidence? This book breaks new ground by providing urgently needed standards for qualitative inquiry and tackles the significant issues of what constitutes qualitative evidence. In particular, this book will address the place of qualitative evidence in the planning, delivery, and evaluation of health care. The authors first examine the status of qualitative research as evidence versus "opinion." They then examine such topics as: who decides what counts as evidence, the nature of outcomes, how to evaluate qualitative evidence, constructing evidence within the... What constitutes qualitative evidence? This book breaks new ground by providing urgently needed standards for qualitative inquiry and tackles the s... |
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How to Conduct Self-Administered and Mail Surveys
ISBN: 9780761925620 / Angielski / Miękka / 264 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "The authors discuss self-administered questionnaires, the content and format of the questionnaire, "user-friendly" questionnaires and response categories, and survey implementation. They offer excellent checklists for deciding whether or not to use a mail questionnaire, for constructing questions and response categories, for minimizing bias, for writing questionnaire specifications, for formatting and finalizing questionnaires, and for motivating respondents and writing cover letters." "The authors discuss self-administered questionnaires, the content and format of the questionnaire, "user-friendly" questionnaires and response ... |
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301,42 zł |
Statistics with Confidence: An Introduction for Psychologists
ISBN: 9780761960317 / Angielski / Miękka / 464 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This textbook offers an accessible and comprehensive introduction to statistics for all undergraduate psychology students, but particularly those in their second and third years who have already covered an initial introductory course. It covers all of the key areas in quantitative methods including sampling, significance tests, regression, and multivariate techniques and incorporates a range of exercises and problems at the end of each chapter for the student to follow.
The free CD-ROM with tutorial modules complements and enhances the exercises in the text, offers scope for distance... This textbook offers an accessible and comprehensive introduction to statistics for all undergraduate psychology students, but particularly those in t...
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322,21 zł |