Covering the entire research process—from understanding theory to writing up your project—this book provides you with an easy-to-follow introduction to qualitative methods in nursing and healthcare. It offers straightforward guidance on key issues such as ethics and equips you with practical tools for approaching steps like searching and reviewing the literature. It also: • Provides a clear historical overview of nursing and healthcare research, helping you deepen your understanding of the field • Shows you how to use literature to inform your choice of a research topic and research question • Helps you develop a critical approach to your own thinking and practice. Grounded in numerous real-world examples that offer insight into best practice and how to overcome potential pitfalls, this book helps you develop your research skills and use qualitative methods with confidence.
"The book takes the novice qualitative researcher by the hand and walks them through the scary bits in the gentlest of ways."
Joy Adamson
"A very engaging text that encourages novice students to understand key concepts and practical strategies within qualitative research methods. A great addition to undergraduate nursing programmes."
Dianne Wepa
"As social scientists who have had a long relationship with nurses learning to conduct qualitative studies, the authors present this basic methods primer in a highly engaging style, building on what their audience already understands about the world and making a case for the value of expanding upon existing ways of knowing through the use of qualitative inquiry methods.
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