Nursing Research. Principles, Process and Issues
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Author(s): K. Parahoo
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN: 0333987276
Format: softback
481pp
Price: £19.99
Review Date: 01 August 2006
Review: This book is for those with little or no prior knowledge of research. It is intended to equip them with a comprehensive understanding of the concepts and principles of nursing research so that the can begin to read research critically. The book begins by looking at the relationship between research and practice and how research is used for knowledge-production and the difference between qualitative and quantitative research is debated. The book goes on to describe the stages of the research process with chapters on: ethical issues, literature reviews, research and theory, research question and operational definitions, research designs, experiments, samples and sampling, questionnaires, interviews, observations, making sense of data, evaluating research studies, using research in clinical practice, and evidence-based practice.