Healthcare Research (eBook)

A Handbook for Students and Practitioners

Paula Roberts, Helena Priest (Herausgeber)

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2010
John Wiley & Sons (Verlag)
978-0-470-68958-5 (ISBN)

Infos

Research is an integral component of any undergraduate healthcare course, and is also vital for continuing professional development (CPD). This book is an invaluable guide for students and practitioners who need to acquire a wide range of relevant skills, and it will equip them not only to assess the quality of published studies and apply findings to clinical practice, but also to undertake research themselves.

An experienced team of contributors provide detailed explanations of the main concepts and methods used in critical appraisal of published research, and guide the reader in integrating these quality indicators into their own studies to ensure rigour in planning, design, and execution. Drawing on both quantitative and qualitative approaches, the authors write with an emphasis on the development of sound research skills through case-based illustrative examples and scenarios, with helpful summaries and practical exercises throughout. They also give advice on writing abstracts, presenting papers at conferences, and liaising with publishers. Ultimately, this text will enable readers to have full confidence in understanding, undertaking, and disseminating empirical research.

Paula Roberts is Senior Lecturer in the School of Nursing and Midwifery at Keele University, Staffordshire, UK.

Helena Priest is Senior Lecturer in the School of Psychology at Keele University, Staffordshire, UK.

Inhalt

Healthcare Research 3
Contents 7
contributors 9
Foreword 15
Preface 16
Acknowledgements 19
PART 1 THEORY AND PRACTICE 21
1 Why healthcare research? 23
2 Approaches to healthcare research 31
3 Taking the first step: Developing a research proposal 59
4 What do we know already? Searching the literature 73
5 Can we trust the evidence? Critically reviewing a research paper 116
6 Conducting ethical research in healthcare 131
7 Quantitative research methods: Gathering and making sense of numbers 150
8 Qualitative research methods: Gathering and making sense of words 170
9 Making your case: Writing for your audience 192
10 Sharing research knowledge 217
PART 2 RESEARCH IN ACTION 235
11 Combining research methods: Case studies and action research 237
12 Involving vulnerable people in research 248
13 Involving older people and carers in a research project: The ‘virtual’ steering group 259
14 Involving people with intellectual disabilities in research: Participation and emancipation 267
15 Researching with children and young people 276
16 Researching organizations: Evaluating a ‘partnership for older people project’ 289
Postscript Paula Roberts and Helena Priest 302
Index 304

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 4.2.2010
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie
• Themenwelt: Pflege ► Studiengänge ► Pflegewissenschaft
• Schlagworte: Book • Clinical • Continuing • Course • CPD • Critical • Findings • Forschung im Gesundheitswesen • Gesundheits- u. Sozialwesen • Guide • Health & Social Care • health care research • integral component • invaluable • Main • Practice • Professional • quality • Range • relevant skills • Research • students • Studies • Themselves • undergraduate healthcare • Vital • wide
• ISBN-10: 0-470-68958-7 / 0470689587
• ISBN-13: 978-0-470-68958-5 / 9780470689585