Epidemiology, Evidence-based Medicine and Public Health

This introductory overview for pre-med and medical students, public health students, and junior doctors
sets out key concepts, processes, measurements, and types of studies in epidemiology, and outlines
major elements of evidence-based medicine, with chapters on diagnosis, prognosis, effectiveness,
systematic reviews and meta-analysis, health economics, and research ethics. Final chapters on public
health discuss healthcare inequalities. This sixth edition contains new chapters on genetic epidemiology
and on global health and climate change, along with new global case studies. The reader-friendly color
layout features objectives, boxes, checklists, key points, charts, and process illustrations. Other
learning features include a glossary and in-depth case quizzes with explained answers. Each chapter
ends with further reading and a list of web sites. Editor Ben-Schlomo teaches clinical epidemiology at
the University of Bristol, UK. (Book News, June 2013)