This book is a comprehensive guide to selecting approaches and carrying out qualitative research. Rather than being prescriptive, it provides information on various data collection procedures and how to make decisions about specific qualitative approaches.

Most information currently available to health professionals focuses on quantitative research; this book fills the gap. Written by occupational therapists and physiotherapists of international standing, this practical text maps the links between philosophy, research methods and practice in an accessible way.

Qualitative Research in Midwifery and Childbirth brings together a range of phenomenological methods and insights into one accessible text. Illustrated with plenty of examples of successful phenomenological research, it keeps the focus applied to midwifery and childbirth and makes clear the links to practice throughout.

Provides a foundation for understanding a wide range of qualitative research methodologies, including triangulation. This book approaches nursing education, administration, and practice and gives step-by-step details to instruct students on how to implement each approach.

There is a growing interest in qualitative research approaches in the health sciences, both as standalone methodologies and integrated with quantitative designs in mixed methods approaches. This text provides deeper knowledge and application of a wide range of methodologies, methods and processes, enabling readers to develop their qualitative research skills.

Designed to help students make the best start in their research career, this high practical step-by-step guide considers the ethical implications which arise at each stage of the research process and provides students with the tools they need to become confident, skilled researchers.

This is an essential, accessible introduction to the practicalities of research and evidence-based practice aimed at all pre-registration nursing and healthcare students.

Intended for students and practitioners to gain understanding in research. This book is provides an introduction to research that helps to initiate small practice based research projects. It outlines how to start, how to formulate research questions, methodologies, strategies for seeing the project through, and writing up the results.

This bestselling book provides an accessible introduction to the concepts and practicalities of research methods in health and health services.

Saks and Allsop's Researching Health is a comprehensive introduction to research methods for healthcare students.

Revealing Nursing Expertise Through Practitioner Inquiry explores and reveals the often hidden workings of 'expert practitioners'. It provides valuable insights into developing practice expertise and how expert nursing practice is a key influence on health care practice.

This interactive book will help you prepare for and succeed in your nursing and healthcare studies. Supporting anatomy and physiology, drug administration, clinical practice and preparation for assessments, this book will give you the tools to success.

Designed for students studying social sciences as a part of the common foundation programme, this text provides a thorough introduction to sociology, social anthropology, social economics, social policy and health policy.

Dancey and Reidy are very well known for their Pearson textbook Statistics Without Maths for Psychology and have applied the same principles here to the health sciences market, where they're far more established as researchers.

An accessible, student-friendly handbook that covers all of the essential study skills that ensure students get the most out of their nursing or healthcare course. The book has been developed to provide guidance on the most important academic and study skills that students require throughout their time at university and beyond.

Series Information An interactive approach to learning, this series provides everything a student needs for Foundation studies across healthcare disciplines. Written by an appropriate specialist in a non-technical style. Key features of the text demonstrate how theory has a practical application, as well as testing student's knowledge.

An essential text for all those undertaking a nursing degree within higher education, providing study support, skills and strategies for success.

This book is designed to be the ultimate companion to help you fly through OSCEs with ease.

Now in it's fourth edition and thoroughly updated to ensure all content is mapped to the new 2018 NMC standards, this book is a practical and readable guide to undertaking a research project plan or a literature review for final year assessment.

Offers an overview for health students and health professionals embarking on an applied research project using a qualitative approach. This book provides insights into the ideas and arguments underpinning different qualitative methods, and highlights the links between theory and practice.

This accessible and practical book is designed to help students make the most of their invaluable time out on placement and is suitable for use in all areas of health and social care practice.