Clinical Trials Dictionary
Terminology and Usage Recommendations
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A thoroughly updated new edition of the essential referenceon the design, practice, and analysis of clinicaltrials
Clinical Trials Dictionary: Terminology and UsageRecommendations, Second Edition presents clear, precise,meticulously detailed entries on all aspects of modern-day clinicaltrials. Written and compiled by one of the world's leadingclinical trialists, this comprehensive volume incorporates areas ofmedicine, statistics, epidemiology, computer science, andbioethics--providing a treasure trove of key terms andideas.
This new edition continues to supply readers with the A-Zterminology needed to design, conduct, and analyze trials,introducing a vocabulary for the characterization and descriptionof related features and activities. More than 300 new entries arenow included, reflecting the current usage practices andconventions in the field, along with usage notes withrecommendations on when to use the term in question. Detailedbiographical notes highlight prominent historical figures andinstitutions in the field, and an extensive bibliography has beenupdated to provide readers with additional resources for furtherstudy.
The most up-to-date work of its kind, Clinical TrialsDictionary, Second Edition is an essential reference for anyonewho needs to report on, index, analyze, or assess the scientificstrength and validity of clinical trials.
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Curtis L. Meinert
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"Clinical Trials Dictionary belongs in any librarycollection serving readers and writers of clinical trials,including libraries for nursing, social work, epidemiology,medicine, public health, psychology, sociology and any other of themany related fields for which the clinical trial represents avaluable standard of evidence." (ReferenceReviews, 1 November 2013)
"Clinical Trials Dictionary: Terminology and UsageRecommendations" is an insightful and meticulous guide toclinical research that is organized like a dictionary. The authoris passionate about the use of language for ill purpose, asevidenced by the usage recommendations and an essay about thelanguage of euphemism, critiicism, intimidation, division,usurpation, equivocation, etc." (Journal of ClinicalResearch Best Practices, 7 July 2013)
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