ABSTRACT

Researching the People's Health examines the different ways in which needs are assessed and health care is organized, prioritized and delivered in circumstances of rapid change in patterns of health and illness. The book also addresses the issue of relationships between lay and expert knowledge.

chapter |12 pages

Introduction

part |2 pages

Part I Social research and the National Health Service reforms in the 1990s

part |2 pages

Part II The theory and methods of needs assessment

part |2 pages

Part III Public involvement in research on health

chapter 5|14 pages

The power of lay knowledge

chapter 6|16 pages

Researching the people’s health

chapter 8|20 pages

Discounted knowledge

part |2 pages

Part IV Researching outcomes in health and social care