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

Research has become integral to everyday practice in health and social care and it is now essential for professionals in these fields to be able to read and analyze research so that they can apply it in their work. In reality 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. For this Third Edition, new material has been added on literature searching techniques, meta-analysis, data protection, and critical appraisal tools.

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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.

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