Research methods in health
Subtitle: investigating health and health services
By: Ann Bowling
Edition: 3rd ed.
Publisher: McGraw Hill/Open University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Maidenhead, Berkshire, England; New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 525
ISBN-13: 9780335237968; 9786613337900; 9780335233649
Subjects: Medical care; Research; Methodology; Medicine; Health Services; Public Health; Research Design; HEALTH & FITNESS; Diseases; General; Health Care Issues; MEDICAL; Health Care Delivery; Health Policy; SOCIAL SCIENCE; Disease & Health Issues
Description: Bowling describes the range of methods that can be used to study and evaluate health and health care. Designed for students in a range of health care disciplines, this text is also suitable for those who need to apply research findings in practice.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 471-518) and index.
Table of contents: title: Section I. Investigating health servicesand health: the scope of research; title: Section II. The philosophy, theory and practice of research; title: Section III. Quantitative research: sampling and research methods; title: Section IV. The tools of quantitative research; title: Section V. Qualitative and combined research methods, and their analysis; title: Glossary.