Clinical Epidemiology: The Essentials

by Robert H. Fletcher

Harvard University, Boston, Massachusetts. Third edition of a synopsis of clinical epidemiology, for students or clinicians. Previous edition 1988. Emphasizes understanding how the evidence base for patient care is developed and assessed. Epidemiologic Methods.

Genres: Nonfiction

276 pages, Paperback

First published July 1, 1982

Reviews

[Candace · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good resource for medical students not familiar with public health and needing crash course.

[Fares · Rating 3 out of 5]

Great resource to master the basics and a little bit of the advanced concepts in epidemiology and study design. A must read for those wanting to dive deeper in evidence based medicine. This is a required reading for many of the classes as part of PhDs, Master degrees, ... etc. Very well thought of by academics world wide.

[Travis · Rating 3 out of 5]

I dunno why, but I really like epidemiology. I like using statistics to arrive at counter-intuitive explanations of things. It made me learn how to think more carefully and precisely. I should probably read this again sometime...

[Dan · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very good basic epidemiology book. Its short, concise, and simplified. I think it will make a great reference book for when I have a couple questions on epi concepts. It explained things in very basic understandable terms without going overboard on stats or jargon.