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Family Practice Vol. 19, No. 5, 569-570
© Oxford University Press 2002

Book review

Action evaluation of health programmes and changes: a handbook for a user-focused approach.

John Øvretveit. (255 pages, £27.50.) Radcliffe Medical Press Ltd, 2002. ISBN 1-85775-925-7.

Jane Hughes

Independent health researcher, with training in medical sociology and extensive experience of health services development, who has carried out evaluations of a variety of initiatives in the UK, mainly in primary health care

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The world of evaluation is complex and can be confusing. Understanding is often clouded by jargon and the tendency of authors to stake out territory, ‘brand’ their own approach and present it as distinctive or new. Øvretveit’s book is advertised as a guide for the . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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