Leon Gordis Epidemiology E-Book 5th Edition PDF Free Download

Epidemiology, byaward-winning educator and epidemiologist Leon Gordis, is a best-selling introduction to this complex science. Dr. Gordis leverages his vast experience teaching this subject in the classroom to introduce the basic principles and concepts of epidemiology in a clear, uniquely memorable way. He guides you from an explanation of the epidemiologic approach to disease and intervention, through the use of epidemiologic principles to identify the causes of disease, to a discussion of how epidemiology should be used to improve evaluation and public policy. It’s your best choice for an accessible yet rich understanding of epidemiology!Gain a solid foundation of basic epidemiologic principles as well as practical applications in public health and clinical practice.Visualize concepts vividly through abundant full-color figures, graphs, and charts.Check your understanding of essential information with 120 multiple-choice epidemiology self-assessment questions.Master the latest nuances in epidemiology thanks to a wealth of new and updated illustrations, examples, and epidemiologic data.

User’s Review:

Editorial Reviews: Review “This is best introductory textbook of epidemiology that I have encountered. It is also ranked the highest by my students. The major change from the fourth to fifth edition is the addition of more color to the tables and figures. The overall content has not changed much. Thus, for students who prefer a more colorful presentation, this edition is a worthwhile investment. If this is not the case and students have the previous edition, they can still learn the principles and methods of epidemiology from the prior edition.”-Charles Lynch, MD,PhD, MS(University of Iowa College of Public Health) Doody Review: 4 stars “The book is extremely well organized with clear sections. It benefits from a high level of illustration, including a variety of pictures, diagrams and even cartoons, some of which are in colour―which are an appealing and welcome break from the textual presentation of epidemiological theory. Overall, I think it is an excellent book for medical students and occupational medicine trainees and a useful revision and reference text for consultant occupational physicians―one of the most clearly laid out and readable general epidemiology texts that I have ever seen.” Reviewed by: Julia Smedley, Occupational Medicine Date: July 2015 –This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. Review A rich yet accessible introduction to epidemiology! –This text refers to an alternate kindle_edition edition.

Reviews from Amazon users which were colected at the time this book was published on the website:

I find the concepts to be fairly well explained, and the content interesting enough, at least more so than my Nursing Theory class, but the layout made it intolerable to read. To quote a fellow reviewer who shared my sentiments: “I know it’s impossible to develop a clear and efficient layout, but it could be better. When you are trying to read AND comprehend the information, you shouldn’t have to go forward 4 pages to find the related table or back 5 pages to find the related figure. The examples are extremely confusing, and I was left wondering where the numbers to calculate came from.”

I have learned the basics of epi before I used this book. I chose this book for review purpose. I like that the book is well-structured, and explains key concepts very thoroughly. However, there are two major flaws that affect my understanding/review.1. More content should be added for sampling.2. The questions at the end of each chapter were occasionally worded in a very vague manner. For example, Page 114 Question 4 used the term “similar population”, which is very ambiguous. Similar in baseline characteristics (sex, gender, race) or disease prevalence or both? That ambiguity affects the results of the question. There are more examples in the exercise questions that share the problem of wording.

This is a really great textbook. This is a subject that could easily be very dry, but the author writes in a clear, engaging, non-patronizing manner that made it actually pleasurable to read. The author included humor and a great multitude of real-life examples to bring home the point- to help you, a non-epidemiologist, understand well. I’m a graduate nursing student with undergraduate degrees in both biology and nursing, and never felt the need to write a textbook review before. Teachers and professors, please consider this textbook for your classes!

This book has literally come in handy with my epidemiology course in grad school. Super informative and definitely worth taking a read if you’re bored, some interesting things to learn about. Obviously it’s a rental so it’ll be a little used and marked up, but nonetheless it’s helped so so far in my first semester in grad school, would rent books from this company again.

Easy to read and comprehend concepts and examples. Some examples are oversimplified, but that allows a gentle introduction to the topic and piques interest for further study. My course instructor jumps from sections of the book to other sections, yet the chapters are fairly self-contained and do not presuppose you have read an earlier section. The Kindle version is ok, but it does not support this jumping around so well. I would recommend this book for anyone wishing an introduction to epidemiology.

Great condition as described by seller! Delievered on time. No problem.It’s thick but not so thick book. It’s hard for me to review about the contents though since I ended up dropping the class I needed this book for and so haven’t really read it much at all. Would just keep it for future reference or if I happen to need that class later on.

If you are a public health or epidemiology student you should own this book. What sets it apart from similar textbooks is that it very thoroughly and clearly explain important concepts; nothing is just glossed over as in other textbooks. It does not go in to great depth some methods/tools used in clinical epidemiology such as inter-rater agreement, statistical models and other statistical methods etc., but I don’t think it was part of the scope of the book. A truly excellent book you should buy.

So I ordered this book for a class and get it. I kept it in the plastic until I needed to open it then realize its missing random pages. Now I’m completely screwed.

A really well written, accessible text with helpful graphics that entices interest in this complex subject and aid understanding. Times New Roman is the font used, which may not be ideal for those with dyslexia, but otherwise a really good textbook. The author has a good grasp of approaches that help students (and others) to learn.

The book was brand new as described by the seller.

I much preferred this to my recommended text book. Well laid out, easy to find what you want, well written.

Very good book and fast delivery.

Fantastic book.