Using Evidence in Health and Social Care (Published in Association with The Open University) - Hardcover

Open University

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0761964940 ISBN 13: 9780761964940

Verlag: SAGE Publications Inc, 2000

Inhaltsangabe

This wide-ranging text on research methods in health and social care introduces readers to different kinds of evidence and helps them to evaluate the unique contributions of each. It acknowledges the variety of contexts in which practitioners work and the challenges of putting research into practice. The book introduces readers to research of different kinds - the randomised controlled trial, the survey, qualitative research and action research - and highlights the underlying logic and value of each. It also addresses economic appraisal, and ethical issues in research. The text goes on to consider how there can be a much more active and dynamic interplay between practice and research, and using examples from health and social care shows tha

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Roger Gomm, now retired, was lecturer in health and welfare at The Open University, UK. He has long experience of ethnographic research in both the United Kingdom and internationally, and of bespoke evaluation research. He has written several books, including Social Research Methodology (second edition, Palgrave Macmillan, 2008) and Key Concepts in Social Research Methods (Palgrave Macmillan, 2009).

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: SAGE Publications Inc
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2000
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0761964940
• ISBN 13: 9780761964940
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Auflage: 1
• Anzahl der Seiten: 260
• Herausgeber: Gomm Roger, Davies Celia
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• Verantwortliche Person: Nicht verfügbar