Reflections on Research: The Realities of Doing Research in the Social Sciences by Nina Hallowell

Reflections on Research: The Realities of Doing Research in the Social Sciences by Nina Hallowell

What is it really like to do social science research? In what ways can research go wrong and what can you do to put it right again? How do research methods and research ethics relate in practice? This book highlights the practical and ethical complexities involved in the conduct of empirically based research.

Nina Hallowell teaches Social Science and Ethics in the Department of Public Health Sciences, the Medical School, University of Edinburgh. She has published extensively in the area of social and ethical implications of new genetic technologies. She is a member of the University Research Ethics committees and Medical Research Ethics committees at both the University of Oxford and King's College, London. Dr Julia Lawton is a Research Fellow at the Research Unit in Health, Behavior and Change at the University of Edinburgh. She is a social anthropologist, and published author. Susan Gregory is a Research Fellow at the Research Unit in Health, Behavior and Change at the University of Edinburgh. She has co-edited a book and an international journal, and has taught on research methods courses at the Universities of Surrey and Edinburgh. She is currently a member of the British Sociological Association Executive Committee.

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ISBN 13	9780335213092
ISBN 10	033521309X
Title	Reflections on Research: The Realities of Doing Research in the Social Sciences
Author	Nina Hallowell
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Open University Press
Year published	2004-10-16
Number of pages	176
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