Using Evidence in Health and Social Care (Published in Association With the Open University) - Softcover

Open University

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0761964959 ISBN 13: 9780761964957

Verlag: SAGE Publications Ltd, 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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Roger Gomm School of Health and Social Care at the Open University

Celia Davies is Professor of Health Care at the Open University. She is the author of Gender and the Professional Predicament in Nursing (Open University Press).

CONTRIBUTORS ALL AT THE OPEN UNIVERSITY EXCEPT:

Meg Bond University of Warwick

Elizabeth Hart University of Nottingham

Kelley Johnson Deakin University, Australia

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: SAGE Publications Ltd
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2000
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0761964959
• ISBN 13: 9780761964957
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 260
• Herausgeber: Gomm Roger, Davies Celia
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
• Verantwortliche Person: gpsr@libri.de; gpsr@libri.de; ; Friedensallee 273; Hamburg; 22763; Deutschland