Evidence-Based Research by Brian Brown

Evidence-Based Research by Brian Brown

"A most valuable resource setting health care research into a contemporary philosophical setting" Dr Colin Thunhurst, Course Director, University College Cork* Why is the philosophy of science important for health care research? * What impact do world-views and paradigms have on the research process and the knowledge it generates? * Why do some kinds of concepts get replaced by others? This book covers the major perspectives in the philosophy of science and critically discusses their relevance to health care research, using examples of paradigms, concepts, theories and research findings in the health sciences. It makes sense of the bewildering variety of assumptions, world-views and epistemiological implications of the different research methods. It enables the reader to become an informed consumer of scholarship on health care issues. The authors describe how health care research has been influenced by positivistic and interpretative approaches, and how it has recently been challenged by postmodernist philosophies. All of these approaches have research methods aligned with them which have taken their place in the panoply of tools at the disposal of the health scientist. Written in a clear and accessible style, Evidence-Based Research demonstrates how the different philosophical bases to research impact in real-life health care work and research. It is key reading for the growing number of people involved in health care research in universities and health settings, and is particularly suitable for advanced undergraduate and masters students researching in the health care sciences.

Paul Crawford trained as a psychiatric nurse before completing a PhD in English Literature at the University of Birmingham. He is author of the critically-acclaimed novel, 'Nothing Purple, Nothing Black' and a work of literary criticism, 'Politics and History in William Golding'. Carolyn Hicks has pursued a long and distinguished career, spanning disciplines such as educational psychology and health service studies. At Birmingham University she combines her interest in these topics by specialising in the study of education for health service personnel and is involved in producing educational materials for health care researchers.

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ISBN 13	9780335211647
ISBN 10	033521164X
Titel	Evidence-Based Research
Autor	Brian Brown
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Bindungsart	Paperback
Verlag	Open University Press
Erscheinungsjahr	2003-12-16
Seitenanzahl	312
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