Ensayos clínicos en intervenciones no farmacológicas

Number 30 of Dr. Antonio Esteve’s Monographs results from the round table held on May 24, 2000 in Bellaterra and dealing with clinical trials in non-pharmacological interventions. Edited by Xavier Bonfill, from the Service of Clinical Epidemiology and Public Health of the Hospital de Sant Pau, this monograph gathers all the contributions, discussions and conclusions…

2001

Aspectos conceptuales del ensayo clínico: una revisión a través de artículos publicados en Medicina Clínica (1990-1999)

Under the title Conceptual aspects of a clinical trial. A review through articles published in Medicina Clínica (1990-1999), volume number 29 of the Esteve Foundation gathers the most significant articles about different aspects of clinical trials, thus giving an overview of their situation in Spain during the 1990-1999 period. Full document Full PDF F. Bosch…

2000

Educación sanitaria: información al paciente sobre los medicamentos

This monograph number 28 of the Esteve Foundation gathers the submissions and conclusions of the round table held on November 17 in Barcelona about patient healthcare training and drug information. Carlos Codina, from the Service of Pharmacy of the Hospital Clínic i Provincial de Barcelona, moderated the round table and edited this monograph. The main…

2000

Diccionario de farmacología y temas afines

Volume number 27 of Dr. Antonio Esteve’s Monographs is a translation into Spanish of the Dictionary of Pharmacology and Allied Topics, edited by Desmond Laurence and John Carpenter and published by Elsevier Science. This is doubtlessly a very useful tool that compiles definitions of 2000 terms and concepts of basic and clinical pharmacology, as well…

2000

Modelos experimentales de patología infecciosa

This monograph number 26 of the Esteve Foundation results from the round table held on May 12, 1999 in Barcelona about experimental models in infectious conditions. Coordinated by Drs. José María Miró and José María Gatell, from the Hospital Clínic of Barcelona, this monograph includes an annex with the groups of investigators working on the…

2000

Investigación médico-farmacéutica en atención primaria. Una visión a través de las publicaciones de la REAP

This monograph compiles a series of articles published by members of the Primary Care Spanish Network (REAP), an internationally-focused entity created in 1987 to foster research in primary care professionals that gathers physicians, pharmacists, nurses and veterinarians under the same acronym. On the tenth anniversary of our organization, this book compiles some of the works…

1999

Transducción de señales como diana farmacológica

This monograph number 24 of the Esteve Foundation includes the works and debates originated at a scientific meeting held on June 11, 1998 in Barcelona. In this meeting, Spanish researchers from the fields of biochemistry, pharmacology and physiology discussed different points of view that stemmed from a common theory: the identification of events happening in…

1999

Glosario de investigación clínica y epidemiológica

This monograph compiles more than 700 entries that offer a wide spectrum of concepts –ranging from pharmacology and statistics to ethics and epidemiology– in an attempt to provide a dictionary of research methodology to Research Committee and Clinical Research Ethics Committee members of very different origin, as well as to any healthcare provider with an…

1998

Problemas y controversias en torno al ensayo clínico

Clinical trials have become paradigms of the scientific method applied in the clinical field. Accordingly, this monograph number 22 raises some of the most problematic and controversial aspects regarding a method which, over the years, has increased its importance in present medicine. This method has added sophistication with the enforcement of Good Clinical Practice Regulations or Standard Operating…

1998

Medicina y medios de comunicación. Traducción al español de una serie publicada en ‘The Lancet’

Medicine and the Media gathers a series of articles published in The Lancet about the conflicts that arise when the two disciplines –science and journalism– converge and lead to sometimes difficult and unsatisfactory relationships. The aspects analyzed were: news value, sources and the issue of scientific fraud, the influence and power of the media, how medical TV programs…

1997