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Gazing into the oracle : the Delphi method and its application to social policy and public health

Title: Gazing into the oracle : the Delphi method and its application to social policy and public health / edited by Michael Adler and Erio Ziglio.
Publication: London ; Bristol, PA : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, [1996], ©1996.

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Description

xi, 252 pages : illustrations; 22 cm

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Contents

1. The Delphi Method and its Contribution to Decision-Making / Erio Ziglio -- 2. Theoretical, Methodological and Practical Issues Arising out of the Delphi Method / Armando Rotondi and David Gustafson -- 3. Computer-Based Delphi Processes / Murray Turoff and Starr Roxanne Hiltz -- 4. A Comprehensive Study of the Ethical, Legal and Social Implications of Advances in Biochemical and Behavioural Research and Technology / Peter Goldschmidt -- 5. The Use of the Delphi Method in Construing Scenarios on the Future of Mental Health and Mental Health Care / Rob Bijl -- 6. Delphi Techniques and the Planning of Social Services: The Prevention of Dependency Among the Old / Giovanni Bertin -- 7. Alternative Approaches to the Computerisation of Social Security: Reflections on a Delphi Exercise / Michael Adler and Roy Sainsbury -- 8. The Use of the Delphi Method in Forecasting Accidents in the Year 2000 / Ed van Beeck --
9. Delphi Estimates on Clients' Perceptions of Family Planning Services / Mauro Niero and Alex Robertson -- 10. Concluding Remarks / Michael Adler and Erio Ziglio.

ISBN

1853021040 (alk. paper)

LCCN

95040745

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Columbia University Libraries