Qualitative Research in Health Care

This fully revised and updated edition of Qualitative Research in Health Care offers a clear and accessible introduction to conducting and interpreting qualitative research, incorporating new examples, references and chapters relevant for an introductory level text.
Already well established amongst health care professionals and students, this concise, practical and easy–to–use guide continues to show how qualitative research can be employed effectively and appropriately to answer some of the questions confronting health researchers today.
New chapters and references include:

Synthesising qualitative research
Secondary analysis of primary data
Ethical issues
Mixed research methods and integrating qualitative with quantitative techniques
Consensus and other methods for eliciting public and professional views and preferences
Conversation analysis

Spis treści:
1 Qualitative methods in health research.
Catherine Pope, Nicholas Mays.
2 Qualitative interviews.
Nicky Britten.
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3 Focus groups.
Jenny Kitzinger.
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4 Observational methods.
Catherine Pope, Nicholas Mays.
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5 Conversation analysis.
Sarah Collins, Nicky Britten.
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6 Ethical issues.
Dawn Goodwin.
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7 Analysing qualitative data.
Catherine Pope, Sue Ziebland, Nicholas Mays.
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8 Quality in qualitative health research.
Nicholas Mays, Catherine Pope.
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9 Combining qualitative and quantitative methods.
Alicia O’Cathain, Kate Thomas.
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10 Case studies.
Justin Keen.
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11 Action research.
Julienne Meyer.
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12 Consensus development methods.
Nick Black.
13 Synthesising qualitative research.
Catherine Pope, Nicholas Mays

Nota biograficzna:
Catherine Pope, Senior Research Fellow, Schoo l of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK
Nicholas Mays, Professor of Health Policy, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, University of London, London, UK

Okładka tylna:
This fully revised and updated edition of Qualitative Research in Health Care offers a clear and accessible introduction to conducting and interpreting qualitative research, incorporating new examples, references and chapters relevant for an introductory level text.
Already well established amongst health care professionals and students, this concise, practical and easy–to–use guide continues to show how qualitative research can be employed effectively and appropriately to answer some of the questions confronting health researchers today.
New chapters and references include:

Synthesising qualitative research
Secondary analysis of primary data
Ethical issues
Mixed research methods and integrating qualitative with quantitative techniques
Consensus and other methods for eliciting public and professional views and preferences
Conversation analysis