Research Methods for Nurses and the Caring Professions

A substantially revised edition dealing with the appreciation, evaluation and conduct of social research, aimed at nurses, social workers, community workers and others in the caring professions, this text focuses on research which evaluates and contributes to professional practice. The authors have provided a number of short, practical exercises in the text, and examples are drawn mostly from projects carried out by one or two people rather than large research teams. The accessible style will make this an appropriate introductory text for those undertaking or studying research for the first time.