Critical appraisal of medical literature - David Marchevsky

Critical Appraisal of Medical Literature provides a
step-by-step approach to help the reader reach a good level of
proficiency in systematic critical appraisal of medical information.
To this end, the book covers all the elements that are necessary to
develop these skills and is a comprehensive guide to the subject.


The book is written in three parts. The first part focuses on the
logical justification and the validity of medical information. Its
chapters present basic working definitions and discussions on relevant
basic topics of statistics and epidemiology. The second part focuses
on the complementary aspects of critique, common study designs and
articles whose main topics are treatment, diagnosis, prognosis,
aetiology, reviews, medical guidelines, audit, and qualitative
research. The third part presents some statistical techniques that are
commonly used in published articles.

Critical Appraisal of Medical Literature is intended for those
interested in developing critical appraisal skills such as psychiatric
trainees preparing for the Critical Review Paper of the MRCPsych
Examination in the UK, other practitioners as part of their
preparation for examinations, and medical professionals and students
as part of their introduction to aspects of systematic critical
appraisal of medical information.