Qualitative Methods for Health Research
SAGE Publications Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-84787-074-2 (ISBN)
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′The new edition of Green and Thorogood′s Qualitative Methods for Health Research presents a great choice for professors teaching courses across the health care spectrum due to its authors′ ability to give students a diverse buffet designed to whet appetites and increase hunger for more qualitative research nourishment′ - The Weekly Qualitative Report
Suitable for researchers and students in the fields of public health, health services research, nursing and health promotion, Qualitative Methods for Health Research provides a thorough and practical introduction to designing, conducting and appraising qualitative research.
Qualitative Methods for Health Research is full of easy-to-follow guidance on how to apply core research skills to health research. Drawing on over twenty years experience of teaching methodology, Green and Thorogood cover the essentials of the theory and principles of applied research in an accessible way.
Using examples from a range of settings, this book introduces readers to the key debates in qualitative methodology; issues in designing ethical, feasible and rigorous projects; the main ways of collecting and analysing qualitative data and ways of appraising and writing qualitative research.
This new, Second Edition covers developments in systematic reviews of qualitative research and analysis, and includes a chapter focusing on practical issues of qualitative work within applied health research programmes.
Key features include:
- Case studies
- Chapter summaries and key points
- Glossary
Qualitative Methods for Health Research is an invaluable introduction for both health professionals and students with little prior knowledge of social theory.
Judith Green is a Reader in Sociology of Health at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Nicki Thorogood is a Senior Lecturer in Sociology at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Judith Green has degrees in anthropology and sociology, and a PhD in the sociology of health. She has taught research methods to a wide range of students over the last 30 years, including undergraduate, postgraduate and doctoral students and health professionals from nursing, medicine, public health and sociology. She is currently Professor of Sociology at the University of Exeter, and Honorary Professor, in the School of Social and Political Sciences at the University of Sydney. She has held posts at the King’s College London, the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and London South Bank University. Judith has broad substantive interests in the sociology of health and health services, and has researched and published on primary care, professional identity, accidental injury, public understanding of risk and the relationships between transport and well-being. She is currently co-editor of the Journal of Critical Public Health. Other publications include Risk and misfortune: The social construction of accidents (1997, Taylor & Francis); Critical perspectives in public health, co-edited with Ronald Labonté (2008, Routledge) and Analysing health policy: A sociological approach (1998, Longman), also co-authored with Nicki Thorogood. Nicki Thorogood’s first degree was in sociology and social anthropology, and she has a PhD in the sociology of health from the University of London. She has over 30 years’ experience of teaching undergraduate, postgraduate and doctoral students and health professionals from nursing, medicine, public health and sociology She is currently Programme Director for the DrPH (Doctorate in Public Health) at LSHTM as well as supervising several research degree students. Before coming to LSHTM (London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine) in 1999 she held posts at Middlesex University and at Guy’s, King’s and Thomas’s School of Medicine and Dentistry (GKT). Her research interests are primarily in qualitative research into aspects of ‘identity’, e.g. ethnicity, gender, disability and sexuality and in the sociology of the body. She is also interested in the intersection of mental health with public health and health promotion. She is Series Editor, with Rosalind Plowman, of the Understanding Public Health series of textbooks published by Open University Press.
PART ONE: PRINCIPLES AND APPROACHES IN QUALITATIVE HEALTH RESEARCH
Qualitative Methodology and Health Research
Developing Qualitative Research Designs
Responsibilities, Ethics and Values
PART TWO: GENERATING AND ANALYZING DATA
In-Depth Interviews
Group Interviews
Observational Methods
Using Documentary Sources
Analyzing Qualitative Data
PART THREE: DOING QUALITATIVE WORK FOR HEALTH
Qualitative Research in Practice: Settings and Contexts
Writing up Qualitative Work
Reading and Appraising Qualitative Outputs
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 18.3.2009 |
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| Reihe/Serie | Introducing Qualitative Methods Series |
| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 170 x 242 mm |
| Gewicht | 540 g |
| Themenwelt | Medizin / Pharmazie ► Gesundheitswesen |
| ISBN-10 | 1-84787-074-0 / 1847870740 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-84787-074-2 / 9781847870742 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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