The SAGE Handbook of Qualitative Methods in Health Research (First Edition)

Ivy Bourgeault (u. a.)

ISBN 10: 1847872921 / ISBN 13: 9781847872920

Published by SAGE Publications Ltd, 2010

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The SAGE Handbook of Qualitative Methods in Health Research (First Edition) | Ivy Bourgeault (u. a.) | Buch | Gebunden | Englisch | 2010 | SAGE Publications Ltd | EAN 9781847872920 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, 36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr[at]libri[dot]de | Anbieter: preigu Print on Demand.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The SAGE Handbook of Qualitative Methods in Health Research (First Edition)
• Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd
• Publication Date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1847872921
• ISBN 13: 9781847872920
• Binding: Buch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 250W x 175H x 46D millimeters 250 millimeters width by 175 millimeters height by 46 millimeters depth
• Weight: 1510 grams
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Synopsis

The Sage Handbook of Qualitative Methods in Health Research is a comprehensive and authoritative source on qualitative research methods.

The Handbook compiles accessible yet vigorous academic contributions by respected academics from the fast-growing field of qualitative methods in health research and consists of:

• A series of case studies in the ways in which qualitative methods have contributed to the development of thinking in fields relevant to policy and practice in health care.
• A section examining the main theoretical sources drawn on by qualitative researchers.
• A section on specific techniques for the collection of data.
• A section exploring issues relevant to the strategic place of qualitative research in health care environments.

The Sage Handbook of Qualitative Methods in Health Research is an invaluable source of reference for all students, researchers, and practitioners with a background in the health professions or health sciences.

About the Author

Robert Dingwall is a consulting sociologist through Dingwall Enterprises Ltd and part-time Professor of Sociology at Nottingham Trent University. 

He draws on more than forty years’ experience as an academic researcher studying health care, legal services, and science and technology policy at the Universities of Aberdeen, Oxford and Nottingham. Over that time, he has held grants and contracts worth more than £7 million (at 2017 prices) in total from the Leverhulme and Wellcome Trusts, ESRC, NERC, MRC, EPSRC, BBSRC, the EU, the UK Department of Health and various NHS/NIHR programmes, the Ministry of Justice, the Royal Pharmaceutical Society and the Food Standards Agency. These have resulted in 30 books and more than 100 scientific papers. Robert Dingwall is also an experienced manager: he served for five years as head of a large social science department and founded and directed what was one of Europe’s leading research institutes in science and technology studies for 12 years. 

Robert has been a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences since 2002 and an Honorary Member of the Faculty of Public Health since 2014. He was awarded the 2019 Prize for Contributions to the Socio-Legal Community by the Socio-Legal Studies Association.