Clinical Trials Dictionary :Terminology and Usage Recommendations

Publication subTitle :Terminology and Usage Recommendations

Author: Curtis L. Meinert  

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc‎

Publication year: 2012

E-ISBN: 9781118315262

P-ISBN(Hardback):  9781118295151

Subject: Z3 Dictionary

Language: ENG

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Description

A thoroughly updated new edition of the essential reference on the design, practice, and analysis of clinical trials 

Clinical Trials Dictionary: Terminology and Usage Recommendations, Second Edition presents clear, precise, meticulously detailed entries on all aspects of modern-day clinical trials. Written and compiled by one of the world’s leading clinical trialists, this comprehensive volume incorporates areas of medicine, statistics, epidemiology, computer science, and bioethics—providing a treasure trove of key terms and ideas.

This new edition continues to supply readers with the A–Z terminology needed to design, conduct, and analyze trials, introducing a vocabulary for the characterization and description of related features and activities. More than 300 new entries are now included, reflecting the current usage practices and conventions in the field, along with usage notes with recommendations on when to use the term in question. Detailed biographical notes highlight prominent historical figures and institutions in the field, and an extensive bibliography has been updated to provide readers with additional resources for further study.

The most up-to-date work of its kind, Clinical Trials Dictionary, Second Edition is an essential reference for anyone who needs to report on, index, analyze, or assess the scientific strength and validity of clinical trials.

Chapter

Contents

pp.:  1 – 9

FOREWORD 1ST EDITION

pp.:  9 – 11

GRAPHIC ILLUSTRATIONS

pp.:  10 – 10

LastPages

pp.:  10 – 444

PREFACE

pp.:  11 – 13

CONTRIBUTORS

pp.:  13 – 15

EXPLANATORY NOTES

pp.:  15 – 17

Sources and references

pp.:  17 – 18

Language and usage conventions

pp.:  17 – 17

Domain of coverage

pp.:  17 – 17

Order and place of entries

pp.:  17 – 17

Adages

pp.:  18 – 18

Abbreviations

pp.:  18 – 19

Etymologies

pp.:  18 – 18

Usage notes

pp.:  18 – 18

Index

pp.:  19 – 19

Comparative and relative terms

pp.:  22 – 24

Not saying what we mean

pp.:  25 – 27

Humanizing the inanimate

pp.:  27 – 27

Small troublesome words

pp.:  28 – 28

Euphemisms

pp.:  29 – 31

The language of criticism

pp.:  31 – 32

Currency words

pp.:  31 – 31

The language of exception

pp.:  32 – 33

The language of intimidation, implication, and position

pp.:  33 – 34

The language of division

pp.:  34 – 35

Usurpative language

pp.:  35 – 35

The language of positivity and negativity

pp.:  35 – 36

Pronouns

pp.:  36 – 39

Vacuous language and claims

pp.:  39 – 40

The language of equivocation and weaseling

pp.:  39 – 39

Truth by declaration and repetition

pp.:  40 – 41

Jargon

pp.:  40 – 40

ABBREVIATIONS

pp.:  41 – 43

LISTING OF ENTRIES

pp.:  43 – 49

Dictionary

pp.:  49 – 89

B

pp.:  89 – 103

A

pp.:  89 – 89

C

pp.:  103 – 115

D

pp.:  115 – 151

E

pp.:  151 – 167

F

pp.:  167 – 181

G

pp.:  181 – 195

H

pp.:  195 – 201

I

pp.:  201 – 207

J and K

pp.:  207 – 225

L

pp.:  225 – 229

M

pp.:  229 – 239

N

pp.:  239 – 253

O

pp.:  253 – 263

P

pp.:  263 – 273

Q

pp.:  273 – 305

R

pp.:  305 – 309

S

pp.:  309 – 329

T

pp.:  329 – 361

U

pp.:  361 – 379

V

pp.:  379 – 385

W

pp.:  385 – 389

X, Y, and Z

pp.:  389 – 393

REFERENCES

pp.:  393 – 395

INDEX

pp.:  395 – 405

EQUATIONS AND FUNCTIONS

pp.:  405 – 10

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