Previous edition: 2010

Includes bibliographical references (pages 466-509) and index

Part I. Methods and Principles: The science of words and the science of numbers: research methods as foundations for evidence-based practice in health -- What is ethical research -- Part II. Qualitative Approaches and Practices: The in-depth interviewing method in health -- Focus groups in health research -- Narrative enquiry and health research -- Ethnography as health research -- Using grounded theory in health research -- Phenomenology and rehabilitation research -- Using clinical data-mining as practice-based evidence -- Clear at a distance, jumbled up close: observations, immersion and reflection in the process that is creative research -- Part III. Quantitative Approaches and Practices: Measure twice, cut once: understanding the reliability and validity of the clinical measurement tools used in health research -- Single-subject experimental designs in health research -- Surveys and questionnaires in health research -- How do we know what we know? Epidemiology in health research -- Clinical trials: the good, the bad and the ugly -- Part IV. Evidence-Based Practice and Systematic Review: Evidence-based health care -- Evidence-based practice in therapeutic health care -- Metasynthesis in health care research -- Everything you wanted to know about systematic reviews but were afraid to ask -- Part V. Mixed Methodologies and Collaborative Practices: Integrated methods in health research -- The use of mixed methods in health research -- Collaborative participatory research with disadvantaged communities -- Section VI. Making Sense of Data and Representation: Making sense of qualitative data -- Computer-assisted qualitative data analysis (CAQDAS) -- Data analysis in quantitative research -- How to read and make sense of statistical data -- Writing and critically appraising published research reports