Research made easy in complementary and alternative medicine
Kane, Mark2004
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Intended for students and practitioners from a variety of healthcare backgrounds who want to gain a first foothold in understanding research, this introduction to research can be used to gain confidence and to develop as far as initiating small practice based research projects. This is a clear and lively book intended for students and practitioners from a variety of healthcare backgrounds who want to gain a first foothold in understanding research. It is a highly engaging and very visually attractive introduction to research which students and practitioners will use to gain confidence and to develop as far as initiating small practice based research projects. The book will outline how to get started, how to formulate useful and answerable research questions, a range of methodologies set in terms of their usefulness and limitations, strategies for seeing the project through and writing up the results. Pitfalls and pointers are highlighted along the way.Provides a realistic and clear introduction to understanding researchFeatures simple explanation of all key conceptsOffers clear guidance on how to formulate and initiate a projectIncludes a summary of pros and cons of each research methodologyProvides examples relating to each methodIncludes checklists, summary boxes, warnings, tips and illustrations in abundance
Main title:
Research made easy in complementary and alternative medicine / Mark Kane ; foreword by George Lewith.
Author:
Imprint:
Edinburgh : Churchill Livingstone, 2004.
Collation:
ix, 215 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Section 1: Introduction 1. Introduction 2. General design issues 3. Reviewing the literature 4. Research ethics Section 2: Strategies 5. Action research 6. Case Studies 7. Ethnography 8. Experiments 9. Surveys 10. Systematic reviews Section 3: Collecting Data 11. Sampling 12. Interviews 13. Questionnaires 14. Observations Section 4: Analysis and Presentation 15. Introduction to analysis 16. Qualitative analysis 17. Quantitative analysis Section 5: Writing Up 1 Writing Up References
ISBN:
9780443070334 (pbk)
Dewey class:
615.5072
LC class:
R853
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
376180