Research Methods in Health: Investigating Health and Health Services.

Bowling, Ann; Jones, Ian (contributor).

ISBN 10: 0335198856 / ISBN 13: 9780335198856

Published by Open University Press, Buckingham, 1997

About this Item

Paperback thick wide octavo, very good condition, tables, boxes, minor edgewear. Heavy, and extra postage may be requested to destinations outside Australia. . 431 pp. Ann Bowling provides the first comprehensive guide to research methods in health services. It describes the range of methods that can be used to study and evaluate health and health care. The text is aimed at students and researchers of health and health services, including those in demography, economics, epidemiology, health management, health policy, health psychology, health sciences, history, medical sociology, medicine, nursing, pharmaceutics and other health care disciplines. First edition. The author is a social scientist who is professor of health services research at University College, London.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Research Methods in Health: Investigating Health and Health Services.
• Publisher: Open University Press, Buckingham
• Publication Date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0335198856
• ISBN 13: 9780335198856
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Seller catalogs:
  • RESEARCH & STATISTICS

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Synopsis

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

About the Author

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.