This project focused principally on 24 families with an epileptic child. It aimed to treat the meaning of epilepsy as a central research issue and thus to examine the source and manner by which the meanings of epilepsy were constructed. The principal objectives were to understand: a) the kind of knowledge about epilepsy available to parents, by reference both to lay and ‘expert’ frameworks b) h...

OBJECTIVES To measure satisfaction with medical visits in various health care settings and to assess the extent to which differences in satisfaction scores between health care settings can be attributed to patients' characteristics. DESIGN This was a cross sectional survey to measure seven dimensions of patient satisfaction. SETTINGS Ambulatory visits to 'gatekeepers' or specialists in a ne...