Evidence-Based Research [[electronic resource]]

• Autore: Brown Brian
• Pubblicazione: Maidenhead, : McGraw-Hill Education, 2007
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (308 p.)
• Disciplina: 362.1072
• Soggetto topico: Public health; Health Services Research; Philosophy; Biomedical Research; Humanities; Health Care Quality, Access, and Evaluation; Health Planning; Health Care; Health Care Economics and Organizations; Research; Science; Natural Science Disciplines; Disciplines and Occupations; Public Health - General; Public Health; Health & Biological Sciences
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: CrawfordPaul HicksCarolyn
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Dedication; Acknowledgements; Chapter 01; Chapter 02; Chapter 03; Chapter 04; Chapter 05; Chapter 06; Chapter 07; Chapter 08; Chapter 09; Chapter 10; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: This book covers the major perspectives in the philosophy of science and critically discusses their relevance to health care research, using examples of paradigms, concepts, theories and research findings in the health sciences. It makes sense of the bewildering variety of assumptions, world-views and epistemiological implications of the different research methods. It enables the reader to become an informed consumer of scholarship on health care issues. The authors describe how health care research has been influenced by positivistic and interpretative approaches, and how it has recently been
• Titolo autorizzato: Evidence-Based Research
• ISBN: 1-280-95090-0; 0-335-22441-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910457265803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II