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Clinical research
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G A O Smith, J E Smith, editors. (Pp 206; price not stated.) The Key Topics Series of Books. BIOs Scientific Publishers, Oxford, 2003. ISBN 1-85996-028-6
Until recently books and articles on how to research have been scarce. Those available have been challenged to bridge the gap between the obvious expertise of the authors and the novice reader. The result has been a tendency to turgid texts with confusing examples, requiring an exceptional tenacity of the reader.
The authors of this comparatively small book are from an anaesthesia/intensive care background and are used to teaching specialist registrars on research issues. Their stated objectives are to …