Joel Coste – författare

Chronic diseases have become predominant in Western societies and in many developing countries. They affect quality of life and daily activities and require regular medical care.

This unique monograph will bring readers up to date with chronic disease research, with a focus on health-related quality of life and patient perception of the impact of the diseases and health intervention, as well as psychological adaptation to the disease. It considers the application of concepts and measures in medical and psychological clinical practice and in public health policies. Informed by theory, philosophy, history and empirical research, chapters will indicate how readers might advance their own thinking, learning, practice and research. The book is intended to be provocative and challenging to enhance discussion about theory as a key component of research and practice.

Perceived Health and Adaptation in Chronic Disease will be of interest to researchers and academics alike. It boasts a wide range of contributions from leading international specialists from Australia, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, the UK and the USA. This has also allowed the book to provide readers with a multidisciplinary approach.

Chronic diseases have become predominant in Western societies and in many developing countries. They affect quality of life and daily activities and require regular medical care.

This unique monograph will bring readers up to date with chronic disease research, with a focus on health-related quality of life and patient perception of the impact of the diseases and health intervention, as well as psychological adaptation to the disease. It considers the application of concepts and measures in medical and psychological clinical practice and in public health policies. Informed by theory, philosophy, history and empirical research, chapters will indicate how readers might advance their own thinking, learning, practice and research. The book is intended to be provocative and challenging to enhance discussion about theory as a key component of research and practice.

Perceived Health and Adaptation in Chronic Disease will be of interest to researchers and academics alike. It boasts a wide range of contributions from leading international specialists from Australia, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, the UK and the USA. This has also allowed the book to provide readers with a multidisciplinary approach.

Cet ouvrage présente une sélection de douze textes qui traitent des problèmes classiques de la recherche empirique en médecine : relation entre statistiques et probabilités, identification des relations entre variables, choix d''une procédure d''inférence, réflexion sur la notion d''erreur et de biais, élaboration d''un plan expérimental, place de la randomisation, conceptualisation opérationnelle de la notion de cause. Les auteurs de ces textes comptent parmi les auteurs les plus influents sur ces questions : Francis Galton, Ronald Fisher, Austin Bradford Hill, Daniel Schwartz et Joseph Lellouch, Kenneth Rothamn et Ana V Diez Roux. Leurs choix scientifiques et méthodologiques ont servi de modèles à des générations de chercheurs. Les questions dont ces textes traitent font toujours, à des degrés divers, l''objet de débats dont nous pensons qu''ils sont susceptibles d''être fructueusement informes par un retour aux textes fondateurs.