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ETHICAL ISSUES IN MEDICAL STATISTICS

Medical statistics (biostatistics), as a vital essential part of modem life, does raise some fundamental ethical issues. Surprisingly, this aspect seems to have been totally ignored by books on medical ethics. This paper discusses how the statistical aspects affect the ethics. The relation between biostatistics and medical research is explored. All stages of a medical research exercise are ...

Medical Statistics

We maintain that the intelligence of the physician and particularly of the physician engaged in clinical research is above the average of that of the community from which he comes; quite often, nevertheless, when he is presented with the simplest statistical problem, his brain appears to become completely paralysed and he is so self-conscious of the limitations of his knowledge that not only do...

STATISTICS IN INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL JOURNALS OF IRAN

Advances in Medical Statistics

Research in the medical area is rapidly developing and new challenges for statisticians are continuously emerging. Personalized medicine, rare diseases and observational studies are only a few catchphrases that motivate statisticians all over the world to develop new methods and advanced analysis strategies. This special issue focuses on modern statistical methods related to any aspect and appl...

Medical Statistics Made Clear

and "the simplest and one of the most important innovations", the stethoscope, first described in 1816. Ernest Board's picture of Laennec Listening to the Chest of a Patient shows the physician using a simple wooden tube to auscultate the chest of a man showing probable phthisis and a detail is also used on the dust cover of the book. A number of plates are devoted to hospitals and teaching. Re...