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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.
Edition
5
ISBN/ISSN
9781451110982
Product Format
Vitalsource Interactive eBook
Edition
5
Publication Date
July 29, 2019
Robert H. Fletcher MD, MSc
Professor Emeritus Department of Population Medicine Harvard School of Medicine Boston, MA Adjunct Professor Department of Epidemiology and Social Medicine The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC
Suzanne W. Fletcher MD, MSc
Professor Emeritus Department of Population Medicine Harvard School of Medicine Boston, MA Adjunct Professor Department of Epidemiology and Social Medicine The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC
Grant S. Fletcher MD, MPH
Assistant Professor of Medicine Division of Internal Medicine The University of Washington School of Medicine Seattle, WA
Introduction
Frequency
Abnormality
Risk: Basic Principles
Risk: Exposure to Disease
Risk: Disease to Exposure
Prognosis
Diagnosis
Treatment
Prevention
Chance
Cause
Summarizing the Evidence
Knowledge Management
Appendix A – Answers to Review Questions' Appendix B – Additional Readings
NEW! Revised, full-color art program
"Key Words" lists begin each chapter and tip the reader to the important concepts that must be mastered in that chapter
End of chapter review questions with answers help students test their understanding of the material
"Example" feature helps clarify important concepts by discussing actual studies taken directly from clinical literature
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