{"product_id":"clinical-trials-dictionary-isbn-9781118295151","title":"Clinical Trials Dictionary","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA thoroughly updated new edition of the essential reference on the design, practice, and analysis of clinical trials\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eClinical Trials Dictionary: Terminology and Usage Recommendations, Second Edition\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis 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.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe most up-to-date work of its kind, \u003ci\u003eClinical Trials Dictionary, Second Edition\u003c\/i\u003e is an essential reference for anyone who needs to report on, index, analyze, or assess the scientific strength and validity of clinical trials.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eForeword 1st Edition ix \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface xi \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eContributors xiii \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExplanatory Notes xv \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDomain of coverage xv \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOrder and place of entries xv \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSynonyms, antonyms, and related terms xv \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLanguage and usage conventions xv \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSources and references xvi \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAdages xvi \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eUsage notes xvi \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEtymologies xvi \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAbbreviations xvii \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex xvii \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eUsage Practices, Cautions, And Recommendations xix \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRecommended and preferred usages xx \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eComparative and relative terms xxii \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRedundancies, repetitions, and unnecessary words xxiii \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNot saying what we mean xxv \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHumanizing the inanimate xxv \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePre-, post-, non-, and un- words xxvi \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSmall troublesome words xxvi \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe language of praise, implied value \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ejudgment, and presumption xxvii \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEuphemisms xxix \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCurrency words xxix \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe language of criticism xxx \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe language of exception xxxi \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe language of intimidation, implication, and position xxxii \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe language of division xxxiii \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eUsurpative language xxxiii \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe language of positivity and negativity xxxiv \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePronouns xxxvii \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe language of equivocation and weaseling xxxvii \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eVacuous language and claims xxxviii \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJargon xxxviii \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTruth by declaration and repetition xxxix \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAbbreviations xli \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eListing of Entries xlvii \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDictionary \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA 1 \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eB 15 \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eC 27 \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eD 63 \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eE 79 \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eF 93 \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eG 107 \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eH 113 \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eI 119 \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJ and K 137 \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003el 141 \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eM 151 \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eN 165 \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eO 175 \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eP 185 \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eQ 217 \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eR 221 \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eS 241 \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eT 273 \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eU 291 \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eV 297 \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eW 301 \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eX, Y, and Z 305 \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 307 \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 317\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e“Clinical Trials Dictionary belongs in any library collection serving readers and writers of clinical trials, including libraries for nursing, social work, epidemiology, medicine, public health, psychology, sociology and any other of the many related fields for which the clinical trial represents a valuable standard of evidence.”  (\u003ci\u003eReference Reviews,\u003c\/i\u003e 1 November 2013)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“Clinical Trials Dictionary: Terminology and Usage Recommendations” is an insightful and meticulous guide to clinical research that is organized like a dictionary. The author is passionate about the use of language for ill purpose, as evidenced by the usage recommendations and an essay about the language of euphemism, critiicism, intimidation, division, usurpation, equivocation, etc.”  (\u003ci\u003eJournal of Clinical Research Best Practices\u003c\/i\u003e, 7 July 2013)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCURTIS L. MEINERT, PhD, \u003c\/b\u003eis Professor in the Departments of Epidemiology and Biostatistics at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, where he served as founder of the Johns Hopkins Center for Clinical Trials. He is a Fellow of the American College of Epidemiology, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the American Heart Association, and the Society for Clinical Trials. Dr. Meinert has focused his research on the methodological issues in clinical trials, including their design, conduct, policy, and practice. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eClinical Trials Handbook: Design and Conduct\u003c\/i\u003e (Wiley).\u003c\/p\u003e   \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA thoroughly updated new edition of the essential reference on the design, practice, and analysis of clinical trials\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eClinical Trials Dictionary: Terminology and Usage Recommendations, Second Edition\u003c\/i\u003e presents clear, precise, meticulously detailed entries on all aspects of modern-day clinical trials. 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