Participatory research in palliative care : actions and reflections / edited by Jo Hockley, Katherine Froggatt, Katharina Heimerl.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hockley, J. M.

Contributor:

Hockley, J. M., editor.

Froggatt, Katherine, editor.

Heimerl, Katharina, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Palliative treatment--Research.

Palliative treatment.

Terminal care--Research.

Terminal care.

Participant observation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (217 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Participatory research is a relatively new method of researching practice especially within palliative care. It differs from other methodologies in that there is an expectation of action within the research process. The values that underpin participatory research are collaboration, empowerment, and reflection. In the current climate of collaboration and working with people in healthcare, participatory research methods are gaining increasing interest when there is a desire to bringabout change. Organisational change is becoming an important focus as we look at ways of not only reducing costs bu

Contents:

Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgements; Table of contents; List of contributors; List of abbreviations; Section 1 Groundings; Chapter 1 Action research: an overview; Chapter 2 Critical theory and action research; Chapter 3 Organizational and health system change through participatory research; Chapter 4 Capacity development in participatory action research; Chapter 5 First, second, and third person inquiry; Chapter 6 Appreciative inquiry; Section 2 Exemplars; Chapter 7 Community palliative care in Switzerland: from assessment to action

Chapter 8 Facilitating bereavement support for people with intellectual disabilities in EnglandChapter 9 Palliative interventions and acute respiratory care in Ireland; Chapter 10 Improving pain management in Canadian long-term care homes; Section 3 Issues; Chapter 11 Power relations: enhancing the delivery of a palliative approach in an aged care setting; Chapter 12 Issues of diversity: participatory action research with indigenous peoples; Chapter 13 Gender perspectives in Austrian participatory research in palliative care for older people

Chapter 14 Demonstrating quality and rigour in action research: peer education for end-of-life issuesChapter 15 Addressing sustainability: a hospital-based action research study; Chapter 16 Challenges for collaboration; Index

Notes:

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

0-19-165198-2

0-19-165199-0

0-19-964415-2

OCLC:

836401979