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RESEARCH METHODS IN HEALTH - Softcover

BOWLING

 
9780335198856: RESEARCH METHODS IN HEALTH

Synopsis

This comprehensive guide to research methods in health describes the range of methods that can be used to study and evaluate health and health care.

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Review

"...succeeds in providing an accessible overview of research methodology in health and health care." - Health Service Journal "Bowling has produced an informative and easy to read book with excellent background information on the theory and practice of research." - British Journal of Health Care Management "...we suggest that you consider buying a copy of this excellent textbook." -Medical Sociology News "...a brilliantly clear documentation of different philosophies, approaches and methods of research about health and health services. Laid out in an accessible and manageable way, it covers an enormous amount of material without sacrificing thoroughness." - MIDIRS Midwifery Digest "Ann Bowling's endeavour to produce a systematic and comprehensive guide to the subject of health and healthservice research has produced an invaluable reference book for all researchers in the field...Each chapter is divided into topics and ends with a list of major theories, concepts and definitions, which are clear and succinct...This book aims to arm the reader with the full rangeof research tools: conceptual, philosophical, psychological, as well as the usual qualitative, quantitative, descriptive and analytical research methods. " - STaRNet News

About the Author

Ann Bowling is Professor of Health Sciences, University of Southampton, UK. She specialises in quality of life measurement, research on ageing and equity of access to health services, and is author of bestselling books on research methods and measurement including Measuring Disease, 2e, Measuring Health, 3e, and A Handbook of Health Research Methods jointly with Professor Shah Ebrahim (all published by Open University Press).

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