Making Sense of Research: An Introduction for Health and Social Care Practitioners - Hardcover

Hek, Gill; Moule, Pam

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1412923611 ISBN 13: 9781412923613

Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd, 2006

Synopsis

The Third Edition of this introduction to research for students and professionals in health and social care now contains material on literature searching techniques, meta-analysis, data protection, and critical appraisal tools.

Many people find research concepts difficult to grasp, but this book makes it easy by providing a straightforward guide to the basics.

Topics covered include:

- the role of research in health and social care

- the research process

- quantitative and qualitative approaches

- how to develop critical skills, and

- implementing research findings.

The book also features a glossary of research terms and a critical appraisal framework.

About this title

About the Author

Pam Moule is Professor Emerita at the University of the West of England, Bristol. Pam is engaged in a number of research and evaluation projects across a range of health care environments, supported by a variety of funders. Pam delivers research methods education, supervises undergraduate and masters level dissertations, and supports Doctoral students in the fields of leadership, learning and workforce. Pam has a number of publications in a range of nursing and medical journals and has published four textbooks. Pam is on the editorial board of Nurse Education Today and reviews papers for a number of nursing and health care journals.

Edition details

• Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd
• Publication date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1412923611
• ISBN 13: 9781412923613
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 168