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International Journal for Quality in Health Care 15:187-188 (2003)
© 2003 International Society for Quality in Health Care

Editorial

Questioning practices in health care research: the contribution of social surveys to the creation of knowledge

Andrew G. H. Thompson

Graduate School in Social and Political Studies, University of Edinburgh, UK, Regional Editor, International Journal for Quality in Health Care

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It seems evident that many researchers and practitioners, not to mention managers, involved in health care are rather circumspect, if not sceptical, about the value of social surveys and not without good reason. There has been, and continues to be, a lot of dubious, if not on occasion downright atrocious, examples of surveys that have been foisted upon patients, professionals and others that have helped sustain such a negative press. That is not to say that there have not existed shining exemplars of how surveys can and have added to the sum of human knowledge, but the general context of a questionable set of practices by some, fuelled by a view that they are simple to do and courting derision by those who see themselves at the top of an evidence-based tree, has done little to . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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