Introduction and aims Implementation of the Department of Health's Research Governance
Framework for Health and Social Care (DH 2001, 2005) has placed increased responsibility …

This book was written partly for my own sake. I was born into a very poor family in Southern
Thailand. Mum and Dad were the products of marginalised migrant populations in Thailand …

As health researchers we need to investigate a wide range of topics to enhance our
understanding of the many issues that affect health and well-being in today's society. Much …

Qualitative health researchers immerse themselves in the settings that they are studying.
This immersion involves personal interaction with their participants, with the result that the …

Undertaking qualitative research on sensitive topics often raises a variety of ethical
problems. Based on empirical research, this book documents experiences throughout the …

Work organizations are a major site of gender politics for professional women and men, and
although there are more women in senior positions than ever before, these increased …

Post-Natal Depression challenges the expectation that it is normal to be a'happy mother'. It
provides a radical critique of the traditional medical and social science explanations of'post …

Qualitative methods such as repeated in-depth interviews are frequently used in research on
sensitive issues such as HIV/AIDS, loss and grief and child abuse. The research process …

Research on the construction of lesbian and gay identity has represented this process as
carrying considerable potential for in-trapsychic and interpersonal stress and conflict. This …

Background: There is an assumption that sexual health research has great influence on the
quality of human life through elevating sexual health standards, and their results will …