Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Part 1.
  • Principles of research in healthcare.
  • 1.
  • Evidence-based practice and research /
  • Jo Rycroft-Malone
  • 2.
  • Creating a research-based culture in healthcare practice / Joyce Wilkinson
  • 3. The
  • research journey /
  • Rebecca Hall and Elizabeth Mason-Whitehead
  • 4.
  • Paradigms and philosophies /
  • Mike Thomas
  • 5.
  • Qualitative research /
  • Ann Bryan with case study by Vicky Ridgway
  • 6. Quantitative research /
  • Charlotte Eost-Telling
  • 7.
  • Mixed methods research /
  • Dawn Freshwater and Jane Cahill
  • 8.
  • Evaluation research /
  • David Coyle
  • 9.
  • Service user-led research /
  • Aidan Worsley
  • 10.
  • Systematic reviews /
  • Alan Pearson
  • 11.
  • Longitudinal research /
  • Elisabetta Ruspini with case study by Elizabeth Mason-Whitehead
  • 12.
  • Writing research bids /
  • Neville J. ford with case study by Jean Evers
  • Part 2.
  • Qualitative research methods.
  • 13.
  • Action research /
  • Chris Whitney-Cooper
  • 14.
  • Case study research /
  • Andy Lowell
  • 15.
  • Ethnography /
  • Annette McIntosh-Scott with case study by Jenni Templeman
  • 16.
  • Ethnomethodology /
  • Tom Mason
  • 17.
  • Feminist research /
  • Elizabeth Mason-Whitehead
  • 18.
  • Grounded theory /
  • Maureen Deacon
  • 19.
  • Hermeneutics /
  • Dean Garrett
  • 20.
  • Historical research /
  • Pat Starkey
  • 21.
  • Narrative research /
  • David Coyle
  • 22.
  • Observational research /
  • Sandra Flynn
  • 23.
  • Phenomenology /
  • David Coyle
  • 24.
  • Symbolic interactionism /
  • Robin James Smith
  • 25.
  • Vignette research /
  • Dave Mercer
  • 26.
  • Visual research /
  • Jan Woodhouse
  • Part 3.
  • Quantitative research methods.
  • 27.
  • Experimental research /
  • Roger Watson
  • 28.
  • Quasi-experimental design /
  • Roger Watson
  • 29.
  • Survey research /
  • Simon Alford
  • 30. Hypotheses /
  • Stephen Fallows
  • 31.
  • Measurement instruments /
  • Andrew E.P. Mitchell
  • 32.
  • Statistics: descriptive /
  • Debbie Robertson
  • 33. Statistics: inferential /
  • Mike Morris
  • 34.
  • Questionnaire construction /
  • Liane Hayes
  • 35.
  • Use of databases /
  • Nick Syrotiuk
  • Part 4. The
  • research process.
  • 36.
  • Literature review /
  • Helen Aveyard with case study by Julie Dulson
  • 37.
  • Research design and method /
  • Annette McIntosh-Scott with case study by Vicky Ridgway
  • 38.
  • Research ethics /
  • Martin Johnson
  • 39.
  • Data collection and management /
  • Mary Steen
  • 40. Data analysis /
  • Elizabeth Harlow
  • 41. Presentation and discussion of results /
  • Janice Gidman
  • 42. Dissemination of findings /
  • Elizabeth Mason-Whitehead and Michael Hellenbach with case study by Mike Brownsell.