ABSTRACT
First Published in 1992. Health care is currently under intense pressure both to be cost-effective and to deliver a service its users want. This text is an important contribution to the debate about the most appropriate research method for evaluating its effectiveness.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part 1|29 pages
Issues of policy
part II|44 pages
The randomised controlled trial
part III|65 pages
Non-experimental quantitative study designs
part IV|48 pages
Qualitative research methods
chapter 11|18 pages
Why don’t you ask them?
A qualitative research framework for investigating the diagnosis of cardiac normality
part V|10 pages
Conclusion
