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"Recent trends in health care across the United States and internationally have emphasized a novel approach that consists in comparing the effectiveness and efficacy of treatment interventions with a patient-centered emphasis (i.e., evidence-based health care), while ensuring cost constraints, maximizing benefits, and minimizing risks. In this book, experts in comparative effectiveness and efficacy research and analysis for practice (CEERAP) in health care in general address a range of topical issues. The emphasis is on implications for endodontics and nursing, both of which are considered in a series of detailed chapters. Commonalities and differences among CEERAP, utility-based and logic-based analysis and decision-making, and evidence-based and patient-centered practice are defined and discussed. The book concludes by examining applications for CEERAP in developing patient-centered optimal treatment interventions for the next decade."

"Malay medicine is one of complementary and alternative medicines in preventing and treating many diseases. However, scientific observation on Malay medicine in treating several non-infectious diseases, including obesity and cancer has not been fully documented and may be obsoleted. Thus, this review compiled several data on the potential of Malay medicine practice by consumption of Gelam honey and herb named Tinospora crispa in controlling obesity and treating cancer. In obesity study, findings revealed Gelam honey, and T. crispa significantly decreased body weight, total cholesterol, triglycerides and the glucose level compared to controls. Meanwhile, in several cancer studies, both Gelam honey and T. crispa were found inhibited colon, breast, liver and lung cancer cell growth. Although the results were at the early stage, the reported studies revealed the potential of Gelam honey and T. crispa, which are applied in Malay medicine to control obesity and treat cancers effectively in the future. The data is also useful to conserve both native natural products and to promote a significant application of Malay medicine until to date."

"Novice researchers set out to fulfill all the obligations imposed by one theory, method or model but find that data and other conditions demand several approaches to ensure at least some semblance of reality. This collection of 21 articles focuses on a range of research theories but also describes how to mix methods to ensure the most accurate representation of findings. The introductory articles define the contexts for researching health, describe competing paradigms and show how to conduct an appropriate literature review. Articles on qualitative methods cover documents, unstructured interviews, observation focus groups and action research, while those on quantitative methods describe using sampling, surveys, statistics, randomized controlled trials, experimental methods and economics. Other articles comment on ethics, multidisciplinary research, research of alternative medicine, working with ethnic minority groups, involving consumers and conducting comparative health research. The final chapter covers writing up research and getting it published."