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case study
n.
1. A detailed analysis of a person or group, especially as a model of medical, psychiatric, psychological, or social phenomena.
2. An exemplary or cautionary model; an instructive example.

case study,
a detailed analysis of a person or group with a particular disease or condition, noting characteristics of the disease or condition. Case studies are often used to call attention to new diseases or to diseases entering new populations.

case study
Anecdotal report, single case report Epidemiology An uncontrolled–prospective or retrospective observational study involving an intervention and outcome in a single Pt


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Owing to the positive response by students, these case-study scenarios will be used in future courses.
When I was much less experienced and had just started in a new job on a monthly title I put together a case-study line-up.
Method Used in the Case Studies Although the case-study procedures differed somewhat between the NCEP and NICP research, both studies have used identical interviews of key respondents as a major case study procedure.
 
 
 
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