Epidemiology and Public Health Medicine

1 Edición - 7 de septiembre de 1999
Última edición
Autores: Norman J. Vetter, Ian Matthews
Idioma: Inglés

This book will cover four of the major strands of the courses taught to medical undergraduates under the umbrella terms of epidemiology and public health. Namely mainstream… Leer más

Descripción

This book will cover four of the major strands of the courses taught to medical undergraduates under the umbrella terms of epidemiology and public health. Namely mainstream epidemiology, critical appraisal of medical evidence or evidence based medicine, population based issues such as communicable disease and environmental hazard, and the provision of health care. In the new curricula, these courses tend to occur in years one or two, and are often, together with behavioural sciences and primary care, partof larger courses called something like "Human Basis of Medicine" or "Medicine and Society".
Greater importance is being placed on these topics than previously, and this, together with the fashion for evidence-based medicine, will ensure that the subject has a higher exam priority for students than in the past. Currently available books tend to be biased towards epidemiology or towards public health, thus necessitating the purchase of two books rather than one, and none offers the integrated approach at alevel suitable for undergraduates which is a feature of our book.

Puntos claves

Offers concise coverage of four major areas basic epidemiology, critical assessment of published medical evidence, environmental epidemiology, and the management, finance, outcome and evaluation of healthcare

No competing book has an integrated coverage of these four areas at a level suitable for undergraduates

Will give students the basic epidemiological and critical skills to question and assess the evidence given to them in their future careers.

Understanding of basic principles is ensured by an extensive selection of self testing material, absent from most of the competing books.

De interès para

Medical students in training and practice

Índice

Section 1 Principles of Epidemiology. Scope of Epidemiology. Measuring Health and Disease. Causation. Cohort Studies. Case Control Studies. Randomised Controlled Trials. Section 2. Measurement. Clinical Diagnosis. Clinical Importance. Treatment Effectiveness. Clinical Risk. Prognosis. Section 3 Assessment of Clinical Evidence. Theory of Critical Appraisal of Medical Evidence. Practical Aspects of Critical Appraisal of Medical Evidence. Section 4 Environmental and Occupational Health. Epidemiology of Environmental and Occupational Health. Environmentally Linked Diseases. Occupationally Linked Diseases. Infectious Disease. Section 5 Application of Epidemiology to Environmental Problems. Investigation of Disease Outbreaks. Environmental Health Surveys. Ionising Radiation. Section 6 Application of Epidemiology to Health Care. The Need for Health Care. Evaluation of Health Care. Measuring Health Care Outcomes. Evaluation of New Technologies. Section 7 Compounds of Health Care. International Health. National Health Service in the UK. Preventive Health Care, Health Promotion and Screening. Primary Health Care. Secondary Health Care. The Move to Community Care. Managing Waiting Lists

Detalles del producto

Edición: 1
Última edición
Publicado: 7 de septiembre de 1999
Idioma: Inglés

Sobre los autores

Norman J. Vetter

Afiliaciones y experiencia

Reader and Honorary Consultant in Public Health, University of Wales College of Medicine and Bro Taf Health Authority, Cardiff, UK

Ian Matthews