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Book SynopsisâœAn essential and comprehensive guide for students and researchers in a range of health care disciplines investigating health services, health care and well-being.âProfessor Robert J. Edelmann, Emeritus Professor of Clinical and Forensic Psychology, University of Roehampton, UK
âœAn invaluable resource for students, researchers and practitioners from all health backgrounds and disciplines, who are involved in research to produce a robust evidence-base to inform the development, provision, delivery and evaluation of healthcare services.âFelicity Smith, Professor Emeritus of Pharmacy Practice, UCL School of Pharmacy, UK
âœThe fifth edition of âResearch Methods in Healthâ continues to provide an excellent broad based introduction to the subject.âVirginia Berridge, Professor of History and Health Policy, Centre for History in Public Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK
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Table of ContentsPreface to the fifth editionAcknowledgements
Section I: Investigating health services and health: the scope of research1. Evaluating health services: multidisciplinary collaboration
2. Social research on health: sociological and psychological concepts and approaches
3. Quality of life: concepts, measurements and patient perception
4. Health needs and their assessment: demography and epidemiology
5. Costing health services: health economics
Section II: The philosophy, theory and practice of research6. The philosophical framework of measurement
7. The principles of research
Section III: Quantitative research: sampling and research methods8. Sample size and sampling for quantitative and qualitative research
9. Quantitative research: surveys
10. Quantitative research: experiments and other analytic methods of investigation
11. Sample selection and group assignment methods in experiments and other analytic methods
Section IV: The tools of quantitative research12. Data collection methods in quantitative research: questionnaires, interviews and their response rates
13. Questionnaire design
14. Techniques of survey interviewing
15. Preparation of quantitative data for coding and analysis
Section V: Qualitative and mixed research methods16. Unstructured and structured observational studies
17. Unstructured interviewing
18. Focus groups
19. Mixed research approaches
GlossaryReferencesIndex
