Background Many of society's health problems require research-based knowledge acted on
by healthcare practitioners together with implementation of political measures from …

The social care evidence base reveals a distinct preference for qualitative methods covering
a broad range of social care topics. This review provides an introduction to the different ways …

Research design is fundamental to all scientific endeavors, at all levels and in all
institutional settings. In many social science disciplines, however, scholars working in an …

This chapter takes further the notion of risk and social work. In it, Stephen Webb, prominent
social theorist and researcher in social work, social welfare and policy, invites us to …

This article explores the potential for grounded theory to be adapted for use within a critical
realist paradigm. Critical realism can provide a solid philosophical framework for social work …

An introduction to research methodology, this textbook contains conceptual and
nontechnical descriptions of the methods used by researchers in medical experimentation …

An indispensable guide enabling business and management students to develop their
professional competences in real organizational settings, this new and fully updated edition …

Objective To explore in depth how primary care clinicians (general practitioners and practice
nurses) derive their individual and collective healthcare decisions. Design Ethnographic …

A renewed urgency has emerged in the qualitative health research community concerning
the utility of qualitative research. This urgency is the result of several converging trends in …

Mixed research synthesis is the latest addition to the repertoires of mixed methods research
and systematic review. Mixed research synthesis requires that the problems generated by …