'The questions are no longer whether to use or make an evaluation, but how well we use one or carry one out.''As both volume and skills in healthcare increase, there is a parallel increase in the need to evaluate the outcomes and the effects of services rendered. In this book John Ovretveit furnish…
'This book is a wonderful idea and it meets a heretofore unmet need. It derives from a particularly interesting database, since it deals with aphasia in aphasic people's own language...It is strongly recommended.'Professor Audrey Holland, Department of Speech Pathology, University of Arizona, USATh…
A comprehensive methods text describing the variety of approaches available in the assessment and evaluation of health and medical care. The text not only describes the principles of randomized controlled trials, case control studies, cohort studies and social surveys but also the value of qualitat…
How are individuals and society ageing towards the end of the twentieth century?How can different disciplines help us to understand the ageing process?What are the key developments in postmodern thought and critical studies in relation to ageing and later life? In answer to these questions, the edit…
How do I plan my research in a systematic way in order to maximize my chances of obtaining funding and successfully answering my research question?How do I manage the project so that the research question is answered and the study objectives met, on time and within budget?This book provides the answ…
The Social Work Supervisor is the first comprehensive British text on supervision of staff in social work, community care and social welfare settings. It examines the changing social work scene of the 1990s, and breaks new ground in areas such as:anti-oppressive supervisionsupervision of post-trauma…
In answer to popular demand from students and practitioners alike, Braye and Preston-Shoot have produced a guide to understanding the complex area of community care. What are the core components of the Government's community care policy?What do terms like partnership, anti-discriminatory and anti-op…
Change has come rapidly and radically to the NHS in recent years, but the day-today work of clinical departments and the priority of patient care remain. The impact of managing change has fallen on health care staff, who face conflicting demands, rising expectations, policy changes and cost pressur…
Ageism has appeared in the media increasingly over the last twenty years.What is it?How are we affected?How does it relate to services for older people?This book builds bridges between the wider age-conscious culture within which people live their lives and the world of the caring professions. In t…
Research Design and Methods: A Process Approach takes students through the research process, from asking and developing a research question, to designing and conducting a study, through analyzing and reporting data. Information on the research process is presented in a lively and engaging way, highl…
