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From: AlexFiona-AT-macmail.com
Subject: BHA: Critical Realism and health
Date: Wed, 11 Dec 2002 22:13:58 +0000


Hi everyone,

I am new to this newsgroup but have a long term (well >1997) interest in critical realism in relation to health. 

In April, I am moving from UK to Canada (University of Alberta), so two questions:

1. What is the state of CR in N America? - is there a core nucleus of interested parties similar to IACR who can meet and muse and collaborate?

2 Can anyone recommend any specific texts or papers that would be useful for a non-philosopher to read to draw links between CR and the exploration of health interventions.  I am familiar with the Pawson and Tilley work and I have come accross a few papers but nothing spectacular. I am looking to develop a modified approach to Pand T  to explore cardiac rehabilitation programs, which are social programs (SPs) in many respects.  However, unlike SPs, as an academic reseacher, there is limited (though some) scope to actually modify services based on findings.  I am attracted to CR as it provides a justification and means to explain outcomes. In my area of research RCTs, coorelation and pre-test post test studies dominate, but little work explaining how outcomes come about. 

Cheers 

Alex


> Dr Alexander Clark
> Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Glasgow.
> Tel: 0141 580 4912 Fax: 0141 889 5844
> 
> Clinical Base:
> Level 5 N Cardiology
> Royal Alexandra Hospital


  
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