Using Evidence in Health and Social Care (Published in association with The Open University)

Roger Gomm; Celia Davies

ISBN 10: 0761964959 / ISBN 13: 9780761964957

Editore: The Open University/Sage Publications Ltd, London, 2000

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Name and Open University stamp to front end paper. No other marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 260pp. A study around evidence-based care with the unifying theme 'the results of research are a product of the methods used to produce the research'. We do not use stock photos, the picture displayed is of the actual book for sale. Every one of our books is in stock in the UK ready for immediate delivery. Size: 9.5 x 7 inches.

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• Titolo: Using Evidence in Health and Social Care (Published in association with The Open University)
• Editore: The Open University/Sage Publications Ltd, London
• Data di pubblicazione: 2000
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0761964959
• ISBN 13: 9780761964957
• Rilegatura: Soft Cover
• Edizione: First Edition.
• Condizione: Very Good (+)
• Cataloghi dei venditori:
  • Health / Exercise / Fitness
  • Medicine

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Riassunto

This wide-ranging text on research methods in health and social care introduces readers to different kinds of evidence and helps them to evaluate the unique contributions of each. It acknowledges the variety of contexts in which practitioners work and the challenges of putting research into practice. The book introduces readers to research of different kinds - the randomised controlled trial, the survey, qualitative research and action research - and highlights the underlying logic and value of each. It also addresses economic appraisal, and ethical issues in research. The text goes on to consider how there can be a much more active and dynamic interplay between practice and research, and using examples from health and social care shows tha

Informazioni sull?autore

Roger Gomm, now retired, was lecturer in health and welfare at The Open University, UK. He has long experience of ethnographic research in both the United Kingdom and internationally, and of bespoke evaluation research. He has written several books, including Social Research Methodology (second edition, Palgrave Macmillan, 2008) and Key Concepts in Social Research Methods (Palgrave Macmillan, 2009).