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

Hek, Gill; Moule, Pam

 
9781412923620: Making Sense of Research: An Introduction for Health and Social Care Practitioners

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.

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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.

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