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The past two decades have seen increasing interest and developments in methods for doing high quality systematic reviews. This volume provides a clear introduction to the concepts of systematic reviews, and lucidly describes the difficulties and traps to avoid. A unique feature of the manual is its description of the different methods needed for different types of health care questions: frequency of disease, prognosis, diagnosis, risk, and management. This book also provides illustrative examples and exercises for each of the sections.

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SYSTEMATIC REVIEWS IN HEALTH CARE, A PRACTICAL GUIDE by Dr. N. S. Motsitsi (south africa)

4 Stars
August 27, 2008
Paul writes in a very clear and succinct manner. Before I bought this book, I had no practical knowledge as to how to approach a systematic review.I thought this type of writing is for the few and talented writers. Paul has dismissed such a myth. I am looking forward to involve myself in writing systematic reviews in the near future.

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