Qualitative Research in Nursing and Healthcare

'...a wonderfully easy-to-follow text which manages tocombine practical procedures with clear explanations of theunderlying theoretical concepts.'
Nursing Standard (from review of firstedition)
The third edition of this successful book incorporates recentdevelopments in nursing research, with updates to every chapter.Abstract ideas in qualitative research are clearly explained andmore complex theories are included. Structured into four clearsections, the book looks at initial stages, methods of datacollection, qualitative approaches and analysis of collected data.
* Brand new chapter on Mixed Methods Research
* Considers a variety of approaches from Ethnography to ActionResearch
* Allows the reader to dip in and out depending on their choiceof approach
* Detailed reference lists provide guidance for furtherreading
* Links research with real nursing practice through relevantexamples throughout
Professor Immy Holloway has been at BournemouthUniversity since its inception and works in the School of Healthand Social Care. Though now retired from full-time work, she stilltakes an active in teaching and PhD supervision. She wrote, editedand co-wrote several books in the field of qualitative researchwhich have been translated into several languages and publishedarticles in peer reviewed journals. Her latest book is A-Z ofQualitative Research in Healthcare. (2008) Oxford:Blackwell.
Stephanie Wheeler, an academic with a nursing and healthvisiting background, is a specialist in healthcare ethics and wasfor many years chair of an ethics committee. She has givenlectures on ethics all over the UK, organised research conferencesin qualitative research and also published in this field.