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Now in its Fifth Edition, Clinical Epidemiology: The Essentials is a comprehensive, concise, and clinically oriented introduction to the subject of epidemiology. Written by expert educators, this text introduces students to the principles of evidence-based medicine that will help them develop and apply methods of clinical observation in order to form accurate conclusions. The Fifth Edition includes more complete coverage of systematic reviews and knowledge management, as well as other key topics such as abnormality, diagnosis, frequency and risk, prognosis, treatment, prevention, chance, studying cases and cause.
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Robert Fletcher and Suzanne Fletcher (both emeritus, population medicine, Harvard U. and epidemiology and social medicine, U. of North Carolina-Chapel Hill) and Grant Fletcher (medicine, U. of Washington-Seattle) revise from the 2004 edition their guide to epidemiology for health care professionals in other specialties, which was first published in 1982. The goal is to show physicians, nurses, physician's assistants, veterinarians, and others who are for patients how to assess the strength of the information base for their clinical decisions. Among their topics are abnormality, risk, diagnosis, chance, and summarizing the evidence. Answers to the review questions are provided. Annotation ©2013 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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