The Sage Handbook of Qualitative Methods in Health Research - Brossura

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ISBN 10: 1847872921 ISBN 13: 9781847872920

Casa editrice: Sage Pubns Ltd, 2010

Riassunto

The Sage Handbook of Qualitative Methods in Health Research is a comprehensive and authoritative source on qualitative research methods.

The Handbook compiles accessible yet vigorous academic contributions by respected academics from the fast-growing field of qualitative methods in health research and consists of:

- A series of case studies in the ways in which qualitative methods have contributed to the development of thinking in fields relevant to policy and practice in health care.

- A section examining the main theoretical sources drawn on by qualitative researchers.

- A section on specific techniques for the collection of data.

- A section exploring issues relevant to the strategic place of qualitative research in health care environments.

The Sage Handbook of Qualitative Methods in Health Research is an invaluable source of reference for all students, researchers and practitioners with a background in the health professions or health sciences.

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Informazioni sull'autore

Robert Dingwall is a consulting sociologist through Dingwall Enterprises Ltd and part-time Professor of Sociology at Nottingham Trent University. 

He draws on more than forty years’ experience as an academic researcher studying health care, legal services, and science and technology policy at the Universities of Aberdeen, Oxford and Nottingham. Over that time, he has held grants and contracts worth more than £7 million (at 2017 prices) in total from the Leverhulme and Wellcome Trusts, ESRC, NERC, MRC, EPSRC, BBSRC, the EU, the UK Department of Health and various NHS/NIHR programmes, the Ministry of Justice, the Royal Pharmaceutical Society and the Food Standards Agency. These have resulted in 30 books and more than 100 scientific papers. Robert Dingwall is also an experienced manager: he served for five years as head of a large social science department and founded and directed what was one of Europe’s leading research institutes in science and technology studies for 12 years. 

Robert has been a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences since 2002 and an Honorary Member of the Faculty of Public Health since 2014. He was awarded the 2019 Prize for Contributions to the Socio-Legal Community by the Socio-Legal Studies Association.

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This handbook provides a comprehensive and authoritative overview of qualitative research methods, specifically compiled for this market.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Sage Pubns Ltd
• Data di pubblicazione: 2010
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1847872921
• ISBN 13: 9781847872920
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 786
• Redattore: Bourgeault Ivy, Dingwall Robert, De Vries Ray
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
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