Qualitative Research for Allied Health Professionals (eBook)
John Wiley & Sons (Verlag)
978-0-470-03376-0 (ISBN)
To help researchers take on this challenge, the book:
- highlights some of the choices involved in carrying out qualitative research
- offers a wide range of practical examples to show how different ways of doing qualitative research can be managed
- critically examines a variety of qualitative research methodologies of particular interest to allied health professionals
- clarifies the links between epistemology, methodology and method.
The book is structured in three parts. Part I sensitises readers to the complex issues which challenge qualitative researchers at the planning stage of their projects. In Part II, the challenge of using different methodologies is critically explored by fifteen authors, who describe their individual research experiences. Part III examines the choices researchers make when they evaluate and present research.
Linda Finlay PhD, BA(Hons), DipCOT, Academic Consultant, The Open University, Milton Keynes and MSc dissertation supervisor Physiotherapy & OT, University of East London, UK.
Claire Ballinger PhD, MSc, DipCOT, Reader in Occupational Therapy, London South Bank University, UK.
This practical text addresses a gap in the literature by mapping the links between philosophy, research method and practice in an accessible, readable way. It offers guidance to allied health professionals increasingly involved in research as the emphasis grows on evidence-based practice on how to engage in meaningful, good quality qualitative research. To help researchers take on this challenge, the book: highlights some of the choices involved in carrying out qualitative research offers a wide range of practical examples to show how different ways of doing qualitative research can be managed critically examines a variety of qualitative research methodologies of particular interest to allied health professionals clarifies the links between epistemology, methodology and method. The book is structured in three parts. Part I sensitises readers to the complex issues which challenge qualitative researchers at the planning stage of their projects. In Part II, the challenge of using different methodologies is critically explored by fifteen authors, who describe their individual research experiences. Part III examines the choices researchers make when they evaluate and present research.
Linda Finlay PhD, BA(Hons), DipCOT, Academic Consultant, The Open University, Milton Keynes and MSc dissertation supervisor Physiotherapy & OT, University of East London, UK. Claire Ballinger PhD, MSc, DipCOT, Reader in Occupational Therapy, London South Bank University, UK.
Cover 1
Contents 9
Contributors 11
Prologue 13
PART I: Planning the Research 17
Chapter 1: ‘Going Exploring’: The Nature of Qualitative Research 19
Chapter 2: Mapping Methodology 25
Chapter 3: Strategic Choices in Research Planning 46
Chapter 4: Ethical and Governance Issues in Qualitative Research 62
PART II: Doing the Research 77
Chapter 5: A Grounded Theory of the Wellbeing of Older People 79
Chapter 6: An Ethnography of Physiotherapy Culture 95
Chapter 7: Investigating Invisible Groups Using Mixed Methodologies 109
Chapter 8: Communication Practices in Physiotherapy: A Conversation Analytic Study 124
Chapter 9: Using Biographical Research with Disabled Young People 141
Chapter 10: Low Back Pain: Exploring the Meaning of Exercise Management through Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA) 155
Chapter 11: Using a Biographic-Narrative-Interpretive Method: Exploring Motivation in Mental Health 172
Chapter 12: Empowering Young People through Participatory Research? 187
Chapter 13: The Embodied Experience of Multiple Sclerosis: An Existential-Phenomenological Analysis 201
Chapter 14: Discourse Analysis in Action: The Construction of Risk in a Community Day Hospital 216
Chapter 15: A Case Study of Unconscious Processes in an Organisation 234
PART III: Presenting the Research 249
Chapter 16: Demonstrating Rigour and Quality? 251
Chapter 17: Disseminating the Research: Towards Knowledge 263
Glossary 273
Index 281
"...this book should be an essential buy for all those
concerned with learning about and understanding research into
health and the health service." (Accident and Emergency Nursing
Journal, April 2007)
"This book provides an outstanding array of highly relevant
references and information on resources" (British Journal
of Occupational Therapy, 2007)
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 14.6.2006 |
|---|---|
| Sprache | englisch |
| Themenwelt | Medizin / Pharmazie ► Naturheilkunde |
| Medizin / Pharmazie ► Pflege | |
| Schlagworte | accessible • allied health • Between • challenge • challenging • challenging ie • Choices • Double • Ergotherapie • Gesundheits- u. Sozialwesen • Health & Social Care • Links • occupational therapy • Practical • Professionals • qualitative • reporting research • Research • Researchers • scrutiny • stimulating |
| ISBN-10 | 0-470-03376-2 / 0470033762 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-470-03376-0 / 9780470033760 |
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