Research Methods in Health: Investigating Health and Health Services

Univ. of London, U.K. Introductory text on research methods in the health service fields for students and professionals. Softcover.

Ann Bowling is a social scientist and is currently Professor of Health Services Research in the Department of Primary Care and Population Sciences at University College London. She directs an active research programme and has both PhD and master's programmes, including the MRes in health services research and policy at UCL. She is also author of Measuring Health, A Review of Quality of Life Measurement Scales and Measuring Disease, A Review of Disease-Specific Quality of Life Measurement Scales, both published by the Open University Press.

Ian Rees Jones is Professor of Sociology of Health and Illness, St George's Hospital Medical School, London. He is also a social scientist with an extensive research background, and teaches on both undergraduate and post-graduate courses.