This practical text addresses a gap in the literature by mapping the links between philosophy, research method and practice in an accessible, readable way. It offers guidance to allied health professionals - increasingly involved in research as the emphasis grows on evidence-based practice - on how to engage in meaningful, good quality qualitative research.
To help researchers take on this challenge, the book:
- highlights some of the choices involved in carrying out qualitative research
- offers a wide range of practical examples to show how different ways of doing qualitative research can be managed
- critically examines a variety of qualitative research methodologies of particular interest to allied health professionals
- clarifies the links between epistemology, methodology and method.
The book is structured in three parts. Part I sensitises readers to the complex issues which challenge qualitative researchers at the planning stage of their
