Understanding medical research : the studies that shaped medicine / edited by John A Goodfellow and Sir Liam Donaldson

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Chapter 1. Population health / Douglas Noble, Felix Greaves, Sir Liam Donaldson --
Chapter 2. Patient safety / Felix Greaves, Douglas Noble, Sir Liam Donaldson --
Chapter 3. Heart failure / Martin R. Cowie, Kaushik Guha --
Chapter 4. Acute coronary syndrome (NSTEMI) / Wei Yao Lim, Colin Berry --
Chapter 5. Lipids, dyslipidaemia and cardiovascular disease / Gilbert R. Thompson --
Chapter 6. Atrial fibrillation / Kunihiro Nishida, Stanley Nattel --
Chapter 7. Asthma / Tak H. Lee, Leonard Siew --
Chapter 8. Cystic fibrosis / Andrew Bush --
Chapter 9. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease / Paul A. Ford, Peter J. Barnes --
Chapter 10. Pneumonia / John M. Wrightson, Eleanor K. Mishra, Robert J.O. Davies --
Chapter 11. Stroke / Philip M.W. Bath, Nikola Sprigg --
Chapter 12. Parkinson's disease / Edward J. Newman, Donald G. Grosset --
Chapter 13. Epilepsy / Fergus J. Rugg-Gunn --
Chapter 14. Motor neuron disease / Martin R. Turner, Kevin Talbot --
Chapter 15. Migraine / Mark W. Weatherall --
Chapter 16. Multiple sclerosis / Alasdair Coles, Alastair Compston --
Chapter 17. The autoimmune basis for Guillain-Barré syndrome / John A. Goodfellow, Hugh J. Willison --
Chapter 18. Helicobacter pylori, peptic ulcers and gastric cancer / Anahita Dua, Emad M. El-Omar --
Chapter 19. Acute liver failure / James O'Beirne, Andrew K. Burroughs --
Chapter 20. Haemostasis and thrombosis / Charles Percy, Raza Alikhan --
Chapter 21. The inherited disorders of haemoglobin / Sir David Weatherall --
Chapter 22. Diabetes therapy and the prevention of vascular damage / Philip Home --
Chapter 23. Rheumatoid arthritis / Jonathan C.W. Edwards, Maria J. Leandro --
Chapter 24. Osteoarthritis / Kirsten White, Alexander S. Nicholls, Anushka Soni, Nigel Arden --
Chapter 25. Systemic vasculitis / Joanna Robson, Ravi Suppiah, Raashid Luqmani --
Chapter 26. Polycystic Kidney Disease / Qi Qian --
Chapter 27. Glomerular disease and the nephrotic syndrome / Jenny Papakrivopoulou, Robert Unwin --
Chapter 28. Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome / Tica Pichulik, Alison Simmons --
Chapter 29. Transplantation / Dame Elizabeth Simpson --
Chapter 30. Autoimmunity / Jonathan C.W. Edwards, Geraldine Cambridge --
Chapter 31. The biochemistry of depression / Philip J. Cowen --
Chapter 32. Schizophrenia and the dopamine hypothesis / Mandy Johnstone, Dame Eve C. Johnstone --
Chapter 33. Alzheimer's disease / Gordon Wilcock, Alistair Burns.

Medical students and junior and senior doctors are frequently called upon to give research presentations, write reports, and answer exam questions on specific areas of medical research
Understanding Medical Research: The Studies That Shaped Medicine is an exciting new title that offers a unique and valuable approach to understanding historically influential studies in important areas of medicine
Featuring chapters from Sir Liam Donaldson and Sir David Weatherall, amongst others, world leading researchers identify ten primary research papers that have shaped the direction of research in their given topic, examining why they were carried out, key findings, and how they changed the field
Each chapter also contains short sections on 'Key Outstanding Questions' which outline outstanding areas where further research is needed, and a link to 'Key Research Centres' which point the reader to major research groups of international standing
Covering the seminal research in core areas of medicine, Understanding Medical Research provides an authoritative framework on each topic for medical students and healthcare professionals
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