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Gazing into the oracle: the Delphi method and its application to social policy and public health
- Editors:
- ADLER Michael, ZIGLIO Erio
- Publisher:
- Jessica Kingsley
- Publication year:
- 1996
- Pagination:
- 263p.,tables,bibliogs.
- Place of publication:
- London
Part 1 deals with: the Delphi method and its contribution to decision-making; theoretical, methodological and practical issues arising out of the Delphi method, and computer-based Delphi processes. Part 2 looks at applications and has chapters on: ethical, legal and social implications of advances in biochemical and behavioural research and technology; uses of the Delphi method in mental heath services; Delphi techniques and the planning of social services for older people; alternative approaches to the computerisation of social security - reflections on a Delphi exercises; the use of the Delphi method in forecasting accidents in the year 200; and Delphi estimates on clients perceptions of family planning services.