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Evans I, Thornton H, Chalmers I. Testing treatments. better research for better healthcare. London: The British Library, 2006. ISBN 0 712 3 4909 X.
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A medical journalist, a critical patient, and a well known scientist summarise impressive examples in their book entitled Testing treatments: better research for better healthcare.
This book is written for non-scientists. It is a must for all who want to understand and critically appraise health care or want to become adequate partners for their doctors in shared decision making. For practising doctors, it is an ideal refresher of their previous university courses. The quality of information is simply the best available.
The first chapter …