Medical equipment and techniques

For all its costs, flaws, and inequities, American health care is fundamentally rooted in a belief that treatment should be based on solid scientific research.

Interesting and important ethical questions confront researchers, regulators, institutional review boards, support personnel, and research participants committed to the ethical conduct of human subjects research at all stages of research.

First published in 1986, this landmark text is the definitive guide to clinical trials, written by one of the leading experts in the field.

This book explores implicit choices made by researchers, policy makers, and funders regarding who benefits from society's investment in health research.

What does it take to be a scientist?

This book is the definitive guide to field epidemiology- the application of epidemiologic methods to unexpected health problems when a rapid, on-site investigation is necessary.

The Oxford Textbook of Clinical Research Ethics is the first comprehensive and systematic reference on clinical research ethics.

Change is constant in everyday life.

This book serves as an invaluable guide on how clinical trials are designed and run, how to interpret the results, and what to make of them in general.

The controversy over the use of primates in research admits of no easy answers.

The philosopher Henry Richardson's short book is a defense of a position on a neglected topic in medical research ethics.

The Oxford American Handbook of Clinical Examination and Practical Skills is a comprehensive pocket guide for medical, physician assistant, and nurse practitioner students.

The Oxford American Handbook of Clinical Examination and Practical Skills is a comprehensive pocket guide for medical, physician assistant, and nurse practitioner students.

Migraine is a complex neurological disorder that is characterized by a complex neurobiology, clinical features that may overlap with over 300 causes of headache, and an association with major medical illnesses and comorbid diseases.

This book describes in fascinating detail the variety of experiments sponsored by the U.

Change is constant in everyday life.

Every year, hundreds of thousands of healthy volunteers and patients worldwide undertake the journey through the maze that can be clinical trials.

Every year, hundreds of thousands of healthy volunteers and patients worldwide undertake the journey through the maze that can be clinical trials.

Millions of children suffer from diseases and illnesses that do not have adequate treatment, and many other children are harmed by medicines intended to help them.

The Handbook of Electrogastrography is the first textbook dedicated to reviewing the physiology of gastric myelectrical activity and the measurement of this electrical activity with electrodes placed on the abdominal surface - the electrogastrogram.

Palliative care is rapidly evolving as a multidimensional therapeutic model devoted to improving the quality of life of all patientswith life-threatening illness.

Evaluating the strength or persuasiveness of epidemiologic evidence is inherently challenging, both for those new to the field and for experienced researchers.

The Oxford Textbook of Clinical Research Ethics is the first comprehensive and systematic reference on clinical research ethics.

Stem cell therapy is ushering in a new era of medicine in which we will be able to repair human organs and tissue at their most fundamental level- that of the cell.

This book is the definitive guide to field epidemiology- the application of epidemiologic methods to unexpected health problems when a rapid, on-site investigation is necessary.

The art of writing up a completed research project in a format suitable for submission to a social work journal is an ability separate from one's skills as a research methodologist.

What, exactly, was the Charity Organization Society?

When used in tandem, systematic reviews and meta-analysis-- two distinct but highly compatible approaches to research synthesis-- form a powerful, scientific approach to analyzing previous studies.

What does it take to be a scientist?

Green fluorescent proteins have been floating in the ocean for more than 160 million years, but it took a curious scientist, fascinated by pinpricks of green light, to begin unlocking their potential.

Green fluorescent proteins have been floating in the ocean for more than 160 million years, but it took a curious scientist, fascinated by pinpricks of green light, to begin unlocking their potential.

Drugs like Lipitor, Plavix, Taxol, and Zoloft are integral in today's medicinal world.

Drugs like Lipitor, Plavix, Taxol, and Zoloft are integral in today's medicinal world.

Genetic Counseling Research: A Practical Guide is the first text devoted to research methodology in genetic counseling.

Genetic Counseling Research: A Practical Guide is the first text devoted to research methodology in genetic counseling.

Much has been written about the basic incompatibility of the dominant quantitative research model in psychotherapy and the qualitative preferences of the practitioner community providing psychotherapy.

In recent years, there has been an explosion of research focused on using technology in healthcare, including web- and mobile- health assessment and intervention tools, as well as smartphone sensors and smart environments for monitoring and promoting health behavior.

In recent years, there has been an explosion of research focused on using technology in healthcare, including web- and mobile- health assessment and intervention tools, as well as smartphone sensors and smart environments for monitoring and promoting health behavior.

DNA fingerprinting is a revolutionary technique that enables scientists to match minute tissue samples and facilitates scientific studies on the composition, reproduction, and evolution of animal and plant populations.

One week, red wine is good for the heart.

This is a comprehensive introduction to the ethical issues at stake in the conduct of biomedical research, with extensive use of case examples.

Tissue or organ transplantation are among the few options available for patients with excessive skin loss, heart or liver failure, and many common ailments, and the demand for replacement tissue greatly exceeds the supply, even before one considers the serious constraints of immunological tissue type matching to avoid immune rejection.

The plight of a patient waiting months, sometimes years, for an organ transplant is one of the most heart-wrenching predicaments confronting medicine today.

The National Cancer Institute (NCI) has designated the topic of real-time data capture as an important and innovative research area.

It is now widely recognized that research on human health requires more than a focus on human biology and disease entities.

The world we live in is hugely unequal.

The world we live in is hugely unequal.

The measurement of metabolic rates is central to important questions in many areas of physiological research.

Screening programmes involve the systematic offer of testing for populations or groups of apparently healthy people to identify individuals who may be at future risk of a particular medical condition or disease, with the aim of offering intervention to reduce their risk.