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Discriminating a good paper from a waste of paper
The number of papers published in health sciences journals, even within a single specialty far exceeds any reader's ability to keep up. Worse still is that a majority of the published papers are not worthy of having any impact on one's approach to patient care. Crombie's book cannot help one solve the first problem but it is a great asset in solving the second, determining if a paper should have an impact on the way one practices. The book presents in an easy to read style what crucial questions need to be answered to determine if a published study provides valid information from which to make clinical decisions. There are check lists for all the major clinical research methodologies. I highly recommend this book for students in the health sciences and for practitioners who may need to brush up on their skills of critical appraisal of the published literature.