Interdisciplinary research
Subtitle: diverse approaches in science, technology, health and society
By: edited by John Atkinson, Malcolm Crowe
Contributors: Atkinson, John, PhD; Crowe, M. K.
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Chichester, England; Hoboken, NJ
Language: eng
Number of pages: 250
ISBN-13: 9781861564702
Subjects: Social medicine -- Miscellanea; Technology -- Miscellanea; Health -- Miscellanea; Science -- Miscellanea
Genres: Miscellanea
Description: Introduces academics to new areas of endeavour and encourages researchers and students to think broadly when devising their studies. Linking chapters present the contributions in an historical and theoretical context, identifying the themes between the approaches, and encourages new thinking about old problems. Includes contributions from leading researchers across the quantitative-qualitative spectrum, from marine biology to spirituality.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index
Table of contents: title: Research today / Malcolm Crowe; title: Studying complexity : are we approaching the limits of science? / Ian Boyd; title: A sustainable environment? : a 'lopsided view' of an environmental geochemist / Andrew S. Hursthouse; title: Use and abuse of statisticians / Mario Hair; title: Research in information systems : mine and my colleagues' / Abel Usoro; title: Hearing lips and seeing voices : illusion and serendipity in auditory-visual perception research / John MacDonald; title: Research in modern history / Martin Myant; title: 'Scientificity' and its alternatives : aspects of philosophy and methodology within media and cultural studies research / Neil Blain; title: The truth as personal documentation : an anthropological narrative of hospital portering / Nigel Rapport; title: Philosophy, nursing and the nature of evidence / P. Anne Scott; title: Researching the spiritual : outcome or process? / Harriet Mowat and John Swinton; title: Using narrative in care and research : the patient's journey / John Atkinson