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An insider's guide to clinical trials /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Meinert, Curtis L.
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, [2011]
Subjects:	Clinical trials. Clinical Trials, Phase III as Topic. Clinical Trials, Phase IV as Topic. Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic. United States.

Table of Contents:

The language of clinical trials
The recipe for trials
The stages of trials
The anatomy of trials
Authorship and credits
The nature of trials
The ethics of trials
Regulation of trials
Research misconduct
Myths regarding trials
"Tricks" of the trade from a cynic
Reading between the lines, or how to read a journal article
Critics and criticisms
What to make of results
Biostatistics 101
Subgroup analysis vs data dredging
Meta-analysis and systematic reviews
Re-search
Shopping for a trial?
Readings
Clinical trials and our health
Final exam
Last words.