Qualitative research in health : an introduction / Carol Grbich.
By: Grbich, Carol
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BookPublisher: London ; Thousand Oaks : Sage Publications, 1999Description: viii, 312 p.ISBN: 0761961038 (hbk); 9780761961031; 9780761961048.Subject(s): Qualitative research | Health -- Research -- Methodology | Medicine -- Research -- Methodology | Social research & statistics | Public health -- Research -- Methodology | Medical research | Research methods: general | NursingDDC classification: 610.72 GRB Summary: Qualitative Research in Health offers a comprehensive and practical introduction to the main theories and methods of qualitative research for the health sciences.
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| General lending | MTU Kerry North Campus Library First Floor Main | 610.72 GRB (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 38888000410625 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
A practical introduction to the main theories and methods of qualitative research for the health sciences is offered in this book. It covers the full range of conventional and new qualitative methods including ethnography, phenomenology, grounded theory, biography, action research, historical research, discourse analysis and postmodern, poststructuralist and femininst approaches to research.
Carol Grbich shows that qualitative methods need to be followed just as rigorously as quantitative methods, providing examples drawn from various health fields.
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A practical introduction to the main theories and methods of qualitative research for the health sciences is offered in this book. It covers the full range of conventional and new qualitative methods including ethnography, phenomenology, grounded theory, biography, action research, historical research, discourse analysis and postmodern, poststructuralist and femininst approaches to research.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 282-301) and index.
Qualitative Research in Health offers a comprehensive and practical introduction to the main theories and methods of qualitative research for the health sciences.
Table of contents provided by Syndetics
- Preface
- Part 1 Theory and Design
- Qualitative Research
- An Introduction
- Theory in Research
- Approaches to the Use of Theoretical Perspectives
- Research Design Issues
- Part 2 Techniques of Data Collection
- Interviewing
- Observation
- Part 3 Methodological Approaches
- Library-Based Methods
- Field-Based Methods
- Action-Based Methods
- Part 4 Interpretation, Analysis and Presentation of Data
- Interpretation and Analysis
- Computer-Assisted Analysis
- Presentation of Data