Handbook for Health Care Research Author:Robert L. Chatburn This unique book on scientific research is written for health care practitioners. Using step-by-step guidelines, the text teaches you to design and implement a research protocol and evaluate the results, even if you have no experience or formal training in the research process. It provides the basic tools to carry out and critically analyze the ... more »research data, from asking the initial questions to preparing a publication. All statistical procedures are illustrated with actual examples from health care practice. Included are actual examples of abstracts and a model paper as submitted to a medical journal with the reviewer's comments and the author's response. Each chapter has questions and answers.« less