By

• Robert Fletcher MD, MSc Adjunct Professor, Department of Ambulatory Care and Prevention, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; Professor, Departments of Social Medicine and Epidemiology, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC
• Suzanne W Fletcher MD, MSc Adjunct Professor, Department of Ambulatory Care and Prevention, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; Professor, Departments of Social Medicine and Epidemiology, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC

Now in its Fifth Edition, Clinical Epidemiology: The Essentials is a comprehensive, concise, and clinically oriented introduction to the subject of epidemiology. Written by expert educators, this text introduces students to the principles of evidence-based medicine that will help them develop and apply methods of clinical observation in order to form accurate conclusions. The Fifth Edition includes more complete coverage of systematic reviews and knowledge management, as well as other key topics such as abnormality, diagnosis, frequency and risk, prognosis, treatment, prevention, chance, studying cases and cause.

Key Features

• NEW! Revised, full-color art program
• “Key Words” lists begin each chapter and tip the reader to the important concepts that must be mastered in that chapter
• End of chapter review questions with answers help students test their understanding of the material
• “Example” feature helps clarify important concepts by discussing actual studies taken directly from clinical literature