TY  - BOOK
AU  - Stewart,Moira
TI  - Tools for primary care research
SN  - 9780803944046
U1  - 610.72 20
PY  - 1992///
CY  - Newbury Park, Calif.
PB  - Sage Publications
KW  - Medicine
KW  - Research
KW  - Methodology
N1  - Contents;

1. In the eyes of the beholder: A thirty-year odyssey of research in primary care
2. The measurement of outcomes in general practice 

Part I: Basic concepts 
3. The clinician in research: Identifying questions and observing 
4, The international classification of primary care: Health information for future 
5. Selecting an instrument to measure the outcomes of health care
6. Basic concepts in reliability and validity 

Part II: Basic techniques 
7. How to select a sample in primary care research 
8. Creating an original measure 
9. Cutting and pasting new measures from old 

Part III: Tools for measurement 
10. Symptoms: Measures of the mind 
11. Quality of life and the assessment of primary care 
12. Family assessment measures 
13. COOP measures of functional status 

Part IV: Tools for data collection 
14. The medical record as a source of information for research 
15. Designing focus group research 
16. Depth interviewing: The long interview approach 

Part V: Tools for analysis 
17. The analysis of narratives from a long interview 
18. Statistical packages for the computer: principles for selection in primary care research 

; Name index : p. 271-273 . _ Subject index : p. 274-276
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