TY - BOOK AU - Fletcher,Robert H. AU - Fletcher,Suzanne W. TI - Clinical epidemiology: the essentials SN - 9780781752152 (pbk.) : AV - RA652.2.C55 F57 2004 U1 - 614.4 22 PY - 2005///] CY - Baltimore, Md. PB - Lippincott Williams & Wilkins KW - Clinical epidemiology KW - Epidemiologic Methods N1 - Previous ed.: 1996; Includes bibliographical references (p. 241-243) and index; The scentific basis for clinical medicine -- Abnormality -- Diagnosis -- Frequency -- Risk-looking forward -- Risk-looking backward -- Prognosis -- Treatment -- Prevention -- Chance -- Cause -- Systematic reviews -- Knowledge management N2 - An introduction to epidemiology that will be useful for medical, nursing, and pharmacy students to develop a system to observe and assess outcomes in similar patient types, and then apply this knowledge of outcomes to improve future patient care. This book has illustrations, pedagogical tools, examples, and summary boxes UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip055/2004029660.html ER -