Introduction to research and medical literature for health professionals / edited by J. Dennis Blessing, J. Glenn Forister. Book

Rev. ed. of: Physician assistant's guide to research and medical literature / [edited by] J. Dennis Blessing. 2nd ed. Philadelphia : F.A. Davis, c2006.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- Essays on research in the health professions -- Ethics in research -- Regulatory protection of human subjects in research -- Funding the research : grants -- The research problem -- Review of the literature -- Methodology -- Clinical investigations -- Survey research -- The clinical review -- Qualitative research -- Community-based participatory research -- Data analysis -- Results -- Discussion -- References -- What to do with what you have -- Writing and publishing in the health professions -- Interpreting the literature.