Posts Tagged medical research
Women and Health Research: Ethical and Legal Issues of Including Women in Clinical Studies, Volume 1
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In the 19th century, some scientists argued that women should not be educated because thinking would use energy needed by the uterus for reproduction. The Proof? Educated women had a lower birth rate. Today’s researchers can only shake their heads at such reasoning, yet professional journals and the popular press are increasingly criticizing medical research for ignoring women’s health issues. This book examines the facts behind the public’s perceptions about women … More >>
Women and Health Research: Ethical and Legal Issues of Including Women in Clinical Studies, Volume 1
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It’s Great! Oops, No It Isn’t: Why Clinical Research Can’t Guarantee The Right Medical Answers
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This book dissects medical research methodology and through a penetrating inquiry into its triumphs and tragedies explains why correct answers are so hard to achieve. What emerges from this inquiry is the unexpected and stunning conclusion that medical researchers can never be sure that they’ve ended up with a truthful answer. In It’s Great! readers learn why the quest for knowledge through clinical trials is fraught with problems that even the best researchers … More >>
It’s Great! Oops, No It Isn’t: Why Clinical Research Can’t Guarantee The Right Medical Answers
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From Patient Data to Medical Knowledge: The Principles and Practice of Health Informatics
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How can you make best use of patient data to improve health outcomes? More and more information about patients’ health is stored on increasingly interconnected computer systems. But is it shared in ways that help clinicians care for patients? Could it be better used as a resource for researchers? This book is aimed at all those who want to learn about how IT is transforming the way we think about medicine and medical research. The ideas explored here are taken … More >>
From Patient Data to Medical Knowledge: The Principles and Practice of Health Informatics
Tags: computer systems, health informatics, health outcomes, medical knowledge, medical research, medicine, patient dataRelated posts