Designing Clinical Research has been extensively revised and continues to set the standard as a practical guide for doctors, nurses, pharmacists, and other health professionals involved in all forms of clinical, translational, and public health research. It presents advanced epidemiologic concepts in a reader-friendly way, and suggests common sense approaches to the challenging judgments involved in designing, funding, and implementing. New to this edition:
Expanded and updated content in every chapter, with new material on: € non-inferiority trials for comparative effectiveness research € incidence-density case-control studies € confounding and effect modification € diagnostic test studies to inform prediction rules € ethical aspects of whole genome sequencing € automated data management approaches € new NIH grant-writing requirements
Color format, and Electronic access, powered by Inkling„ as a free companion to the text € viewable through your browser or as a download to tablet or smartphone € the complete text with optimized navigation € note-sharing, highlighting and bookmarking capability € cross-linking of references and content € rapid search options linked to the new glossary
