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BOOK ANNOUNCEMENT
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CHANGE-PROMOTING RESEARCH FOR HEALTH SERVICES
A guide for resource managers, research and development commissioners
and researchers
A. S. St Leger and J. P. Walsworth-Bell
Health services globally are changing, strategically, structurally and
clinically. Research and Development (R&D) plays a key role, because
only good research can elucidate and challenge the status quo or
future possibilities for effective health care. Researchers and
managers have a duty to collaborate with clinicians, to understand and
make the most of each others' skills. This necessitates a new paradigm
of health service research which is part of a change management
culture and change promotion. A clear philosophical and practical
distinction is required between R&D and fundamental biomedical
science. This book has been written for people who make decisions and
bring about change, at all sorts of levels, and in a wide range of
disciplines. They include clinicians in many specialities, as well as
administrative staff, and general managers of healthcare
organizations. It is also for people doing, or wanting to do, research
and development in this fascinating area.
Contents
Part one: Background and rationale - Research and
Development in a changing health service - The new paradigm
Part two: Commissioning Research - Commissioning: an overview -
Putting commissioning into practice
Part three: Doing and using research-Doing research - Using research
- Further reading - References-Index.
November 1999 256pp
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0 335 20221 7 Hardback 65.00 pounds sterling
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