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Qualitative Research for Allied Health Professionals: Challenging Choices
Linda Finlay
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Description for Qualitative Research for Allied Health Professionals: Challenging Choices
Paperback. Most information currently available to health professionals focuses on quantitative research; this book fills the gap. Written by occupational therapists and physiotherapists of international standing, this practical text maps the links between philosophy, research methods and practice in an accessible way. Editor(s): Finlay, Linda; Ballinger, Claire. Num Pages: 282 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: MBGR; MQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 16. Weight in Grams: 412.
This practical text addresses a gap in the literature by mapping the links between philosophy, research method and practice in an accessible, readable way. It offers guidance to allied health professionals – increasingly involved in research as the emphasis grows on evidence-based practice – on how to engage in meaningful, good quality qualitative research.
This practical text addresses a gap in the literature by mapping the links between philosophy, research method and practice in an accessible, readable way. It offers guidance to allied health professionals – increasingly involved in research as the emphasis grows on evidence-based practice – on how to engage in meaningful, good quality qualitative research.
To help researchers take on this challenge, the book:
- highlights some of the choices involved in carrying out qualitative research
- offers a wide range of practical examples to show how different ways of doing qualitative research can be managed
- critically examines a variety of qualitative research methodologies ... Read more
- clarifies the links between epistemology, methodology and method.
The book is structured in three parts. Part I sensitises readers to the complex issues which challenge qualitative researchers at the planning stage of their projects. In Part II, the challenge of using different methodologies is critically explored by fifteen authors, who describe their individual research experiences. Part III examines the choices researchers make when they evaluate and present research.
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Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc United Kingdom
Number of pages
282
Condition
New
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780470019634
SKU
V9780470019634
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About Linda Finlay
Linda Finlay PhD, BA(Hons), DipCOT, Academic Consultant, The Open University, Milton Keynes and MSc dissertation supervisor Physiotherapy & OT, University of East London, UK. Claire Ballinger PhD, MSc, DipCOT, Reader in Occupational Therapy, London South Bank University, UK.
Reviews for Qualitative Research for Allied Health Professionals: Challenging Choices
"…this book should be an essential buy for all those concerned with learning about and understanding research into health and the health service." (Accident and Emergency Nursing Journal, April 2007) "This book provides an outstanding array of highly relevant references and information on resources" (British Journal of Occupational Therapy, 2007)