Research in Medicine: A Guide to Writing a Thesis in the Medical Sciences - George Murrell - Paperback

9780521399258

0521399254

Doctors and other health professionals are increasingly drawn toward research during the course of their training, often with little guidance on the skills, techniques and personal qualities required of a medical research worker. This short and helpful book, written by three authors with long experience of performing and evaluating research in medicine, provides shrewd advice for the beginner. It covers in a practical and accessible fashion all the steps involved, from choosing a research project to preparing and submitting the thesis. Without interfering with the researcher's originality, creativity or methods of hypotheses testing, the text provides encouragement and realistic guidance for the newcomer to biomedical research. It deals with the practicalities of planning and financing a project, offers insights into the more common sources of frustration--and satisfaction--as the project proceeds, and gives technical guidance on the analysis and writing up of results. The illustrations by David Langdon provide a sardonic commentary on the ups and downs of life in research.