Understanding Medical Research: The Studies That Shaped Medicine

Description

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 Questions Remaining’ which outline outstanding areas where further research is needed, and a link to ‘Key Laboratories/Clinics’ 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.

Reviews

“Round the edge of one two pound coin design is engraved the words: 'standing on the shoulders of giants', the famous quote from Isaac Newton; this great book provides the foothold that young and old require.”
- Sir Muir Gray, Kt, CBE, DSc, MD, FRCPSGlas, FCLIP, Director of the National Knowledge Service and Chief Knowledge Officer to the NHS

“Medical research is at the core of all we do in healthcare. Understanding where we’ve come from is critical to planning future research, promoting innovation and developing leadership. ‘Understanding Medical Research’ provides a firm foundation of knowledge in medical research that will be essential reading for academics and health service professionals alike.”
- Prof the Lord Darzi of Denham, PC, KBE, Paul Hamlyn Chair of Surgery, Imperial College London, former Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Lords) at the Department of Health

“It covers the topic in depth from its definition, pathology and each paragraph that has come from a different source is referenced at the top. It gives a great and in depth view of a topic and cites the sources used. Excellent.”
- Foundation Year Doctor, Ulster Hospital

Table of Contents

• Contributors
• Preface
• Foreword by Sir Liam Donaldson
• Acknowledgements

1. Population Health
   
   Douglas Noble, Felix Greaves and Sir Liam Donaldson
2. Patient Safety
   Felix Greaves, Douglas Noble and Sir Liam Donaldson
3. Heart Failure
   Martin R Cowie and Kaushik Guha
4. Acute Coronary Syndrome (NSTEMI)
   Wei Yao Lim and Colin Berry
5. Lipids, Dyslipidaemia and Cardiovascular Disease
   Gilbert R Thompson
6. Atrial Fibrillation
   Kunihiro Nishida and Stanley Nattel
7. Asthma
   Tak H Lee and Leonard Siew
8. Cystic Fibrosis
   Andrew Bush
9. Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
   Paul A Ford and Peter J Barnes
10. Pneumonia
    John M Wrightson, Eleanor K Mishra and Robert J O Davies
11. Stroke
    Philip M W Bath and Nikola Sprigg
12. Parkinson’s Disease
    Edward J Newman and Donald G Grosset
13. Epilepsy
    Fergus J Rugg-Gunn
14. Motor Neuron Disease
    Martin R Turner and Kevin Talbot
15. Migraine
    Mark W Weatherall
16. Multiple Sclerosis
    Alasdair Coles and Alastair Compston
17. The Autoimmune Basis for Guillain-Barré Syndrome
    John A Goodfellow and Hugh J Willison
18. Helicobacter pylori, Peptic Ulcers and Gastric Cancer
    Anahita Dua and Emad M El-Omar
19. Acute Liver Failure
    James O’Beirne and Andrew Burroughs
20. Haemostasis and Thrombosis
    Charles Percy and Razi Alikhan
21. Inherited Disorders of Haemoglobin
    Sir David Weatherall
22. Diabetes Therapy and Prevention of Vascular Damage
    Philip Home
23. Rheumatoid Arthritis
    Jonathan CW Edwards and Maria J Leandro
24. Osteoarthritis
    Kirsten White, Alexander S Nicholls, Anushka Soni and Nigel Arden
25. Systemic Vasculitidies
    Joanna Robson, Ravi Suppiah and Raashid Luqmani
26. Polycystic Kidney Disease
    Qi Quan
27. Glomerulopathies
    Jenny Papakrivopoulo and Robert Unwin
28. AIDS
    Tica Pichulik and Alison Simmons
29. Transplantation
    Dame Elizabeth Simpson
30. Autoimmune Disease
    Jonathan CW Edwards and Geraldine Cambridge
31. The Biochemistry of Depression
    Philip J Cowen
32. Schizophrenia and the Dopamine Hypothesis
    Mandy Johnstone and Dame Eve C. Johnstone
33. Alzheimer’s Disease
    Gordon Wilcock and Alistair Burns

• Index.

Author Information

John A. Goodfellow, BM BCh, PhD, is Honorary Clinical Academic Fellow at the University of Glasgow