"For over 30 years, this title sets the standard as a practical guide for physicians, nurses, pharmacists and other practitioners involved in all forms of clinical and public health research. It presents the epidemiologic concepts in a reader-friendly way and suggests common sense approaches to the challenging judgments involved in designing, funding and implementing a study. Translated in many languages over the years, it is a manual for clinical research in it various flavors: clinical trials, observational epidemiology, translated science, patient-oriented research. Epidemiologic- terms and principles, presented advanced conceptual material in a practical and reader friendly way and suggested common sense approaches to many judgments involved in designing a study"-- Provided by publisher.

Preceded by Designing clinical research / Stephen B. Hulley ... [et al.]. 4th ed. 2013.

Getting started: the anatomy and physiology of clinical research --Conceiving the research question and developing the study plan -- Choosing the study participants: specification, sampling, and recruitment -- Planning the measurements: precision, accuracy, and validity -- Getting ready to estimate sample size: hypotheses and underlying principles -- Estimating sample size: applications and examples -- Addressing ethical issues -- Designing cross-sectional and cohort studies -- Designing case-control studies -- Estimating casual effects using observational studies -- Designing randomized blinded trials -- Alternate interventional study designs -- Designing studies of medical tests -- Qualitative approaches in clinical research -- Community-engaged research -- Research using existing data or specimens -- Designing, selecting, and administering self-reported measures -- Study implementation and quality control -- Data management -- Writing a proposal for funding a research study.