Research methods in palliative care
By: Julia Addington-Hall ... [et al.].
Contributors: Addington-Hall, Julia M.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780198530251
Subjects: Palliative treatment -- Research -- Methodology.; Palliative Care.; Clinical Trials -- methods.; Research -- methods.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: Principles of designing clinical trials in palliative care / Michael I. Bennett; Ethical and practical issues in designing and conducting clinical trials in palliative care / Yolanda Zuriarrain Reyna, Michael I. Bennett, and Eduardo Bruera; Survey design / Julia Addington-Hall; Survey research : methods of data collection, questionnaire design, and piloting / Julia Addington-Hall; Experimental and quasi-experimental designs / Massimo Costantini and Irene J. Higginson; Outcome measurement / Irene J. Higginson and Richard Harding; Systematic reviews / Marjolein Gysels and Irene J. Higginson; Qualitative methods of data collection and analysis / Sheila Payne; Ethical and practice issues in qualitative research / Frances Sheldon and Anita Sargeant; Evaluating qualitative research / Michelle Crossley; Mixed methods for evaluation research / Christine Ingleton and Sue Davies; Ethnography / Jane Seymour; Documentary analysis and policy / Margaret O'Connor; How to develop a research question / Laura Kelly and Patrick Stone; Writing a research proposal / Chris Todd; How to gain research ethics approval / Peter Speck; How to use a statistician / Malcolm Campbell; How to write a paper / Julia Addington-Hall.