A short practical manual of epidemiology for use in developing countries. This revised and updated edition pays particular attention to new techniques of data collection and analysis made possible by computers. Topics covered include fieldwork techniques and the investigation of epidemics. An ELBS/LPBB edition is available.

Practical epidemiology

Barker, D.J.P.

Churchill

Epidemiology is the study of the distribution and causation of disease in human populations. It has always been part of the curriculum for medical students, but not ranked highly by them in terms of interest or importance. However, recent GMC recommendations for change in the UK medical curricula include an increase in emphasis in the study of epidemiology and public health medicine, so the subject is likely to take higher priority in the future. This new edition of one of the best known student textbooks of epidemiology has been updated and includes new material while still offering concise coverage of the core knowledge required by the student.New edition of one of the best known student textbooks of epidemiology Offers concise coverage of the core knowledge required by the student

Epidemiology in medical practice (Churchill Livingstone medical text)

Churchill Livingston

Practical epidemiology (Medicine in the tropics)

Science & Math

Biological Sciences

Churchill/Livingstone

Epidemiology is the study of the distribution and causation of disease in human populations.  It has always been part of the curriculum for medical students, but not ranked highly by them in terms of interest or importance. However, recent GMC recommendations for change in the UK medical curricula include an increase in emphasis in the study of epidemiology and public health medicine, so the subject is likely to take higher priority in the future.  This new edition of one of the best known student textbooks of epidemiology has been updated and includes new material while still offering concise coverage of the core knowledge required by the student.

In the first section of this book an introduction is made to the methods used to decribe disease in populations. Measurement of the frequency and changing patterns of diseases is essential to ensure that the deploymnet of medical resources matches the community's needs. Without such measurements, needs for health care may be unidentified. The second section describes the application of epidemiology in the discovery of causes of disease. Most hypotheses about causation subsequently confirmed by epidemiological methods have arisen from the day-to-day experience of alert clinicians, and many more will do so in the future. In the past, doctors tended to regard the practical application of these discoveries to the prevention of disease as being outside their sphere of responsibility. However in obstetrics, paediatrics and general practice, prevention has become accepted as a normal part of medical practice, and concern for disease prevention is gaining ground in other branches of medicine. In the third section an account is given of four aspects of patient care which require an understanding of epidemology: screening, prognosis, epidemics, and the evaluation of medical services. The text is aimed at undergraduate students and practising clinicians (non-specialist epidemiologists).

Epidemiology in Medical Practice: Student Notes

Medical Books

Rose, G. A.

Medicine

Practical Epidemiology (MEDICINE IN THE TROPICS)

Hall, A. J.

Epidemiology for the Uninitiated

Rose, Geoffrey

B M J Books

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