摘要 : Walter Holland is-to borrow a word he employs to describe some key figures in the history of health services research (p.67)-a giant. He has been at the forefront of health services research in the UK, Europe and globally for many... 展开 Walter Holland is-to borrow a word he employs to describe some key figures in the history of health services research (p.67)-a giant. He has been at the forefront of health services research in the UK, Europe and globally for many years, and this book is testimony to his leading role not only in doing and directing such research but also with regard to that often-difficult place where research meets-or does not meet-policy. For those who wish to reflect critically and constructively upon what health services research and health policy-making could and should look like, more insight will be gleaned here through his personal story and accompanying thought than from many formal considerations of the question from official panels of scientists and social scientists. 收起