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Making sense of research : an introduction for health and social care practitioners /

By: Moule, Pam.
Contributor(s): Hek, Gill.
Publisher: Los Angeles : Sage, 2011Edition: 4th ed.Description: 183 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781849207782; 9781849207782:; 184920778X; 9781849207799 (pbk.); 1849207798 (pbk.).Subject(s): Medicine -- Research -- Methodology | Medical care -- Research -- Methodology | Research -- Methodology | Social service -- Research -- Methodology | Social service -- ResearchDDC classification: 610.72
Contents:
Role of research in the health and social care professions -- Nature of knowledge in health and social care -- Overview of the research process -- Ethical issues -- Searching and reviewing the literature -- Approaches to and design of research in health and social care -- Research problems, aims, questions and hypotheses -- Sampling -- Understanding data collection techniques -- Making sense of data analysis -- Critical appraisal of health and social care research -- Disseminating and implementing research.
Summary: This book will provide an invaluable introduction to research for qualified practitioners and students in the health and social care professions who have no prior training or experience in the area.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Role of research in the health and social care professions -- Nature of knowledge in health and social care -- Overview of the research process -- Ethical issues -- Searching and reviewing the literature -- Approaches to and design of research in health and social care -- Research problems, aims, questions and hypotheses -- Sampling -- Understanding data collection techniques -- Making sense of data analysis -- Critical appraisal of health and social care research -- Disseminating and implementing research.

This book will provide an invaluable introduction to research for qualified practitioners and students in the health and social care professions who have no prior training or experience in the area.

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