Anatomy of Clinical Research: An Introduction to Scientific Inquiry in Medicine, Rehabilitation, and Related Health Professions.Anatomy anatomy (ənăt`əmē), branch of biology concerned with the study of body structure of various organisms, including humans. Comparative anatomy is concerned with the structural differences of plant and animal forms. of Clinical Research: An introduction to Scientific inquiry in Medicine, Rehabilitation rehabilitation: see physical therapy. , and Related Health Professions By Stein Stein , William Howard 1911-1980. American biochemist. He shared a 1972 Nobel Prize for pioneering studies of ribonuclease. F. Thorofare, Nj 08086, Slack 1. (operating system) slack - Internal fragmentation. Space allocated to a disk file but not actually used to store useful information. 2. (jargon) slack inc, 1989, paperback, 269 pp, illus, $30 The author states in the preface pref·ace n. 1. a. A preliminary statement or essay introducing a book that explains its scope, intention, or background and is usually written by the author. b. An introductory section, as of a speech. 2. that the overall purposes of this text are 1) "to assist clinicians and students of the health fields to become effective evaluators and consumers of published research" and (2) "to facilitate research skills by communicating the process of research and the abilities needed to plan and implement a research project." Each of the nine chapters includes an outline of the chapter's content and a discussion of learning objectives that takes a behavioral approach. An abundance of information that would be valuable to researchers in the allied health fields is contained in the appendixes. Especially valuable are the discussions of scientific writing and thesis preparation. An interesting feature of the book is the first chapter, which discusses scientific inquiry in the health field from a historical perspective. The remaining chapters cover the scientific method, research models, research problems, literature review, research design, method, analysis of the data, and the statistics used in analysis. Each chapter contains a great number of excellent tables and charts that will help readers understand the concepts and principles presented. The extensive references and bibliography bibliography. The listing of books is of ancient origin. Lists of clay tablets have been found at Nineveh and elsewhere; the library at Alexandria had subject lists of its books. provided for each chapter are appropriate and pertinent to the profession of physical therapy. The author has spent 15 years in clinical practice and is both an occupational therapist occupational therapist A person trained to help people manage daily activities of living–dressing, cooking, etc, and other activities that promote recovery and regaining vocational skills Salary $51K + 4% bonus. See ADL. and a psychologist. He presents examples from his own clinical experiences that physical therapists would find quite relevant. I believe this would be an appropriate texthook for undergraduate students, posthaccalaureate entry-level students, and advanced master's-level students in physical therapy education programs. The book would also be a useful resource to clinicians and faculty members in such programs. The volume could also be used as a text for a research methodology course. I strongly recommend this book to physical therapists at all levels. Harry G Knecht, EdD, PT OrthoSport Inc Forest Park, ill |
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