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Qualitative research in health and illness / Jessica Smartt Gullion.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gullion, Jessica Smartt, 1972- author.
- Series:
- Research to the point.
- Oxford scholarship online.
- Research to the point
- Oxford scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Public health--Research--Methodology.
- Public health.
- Health--Research--Methodology.
- Health.
- Medicine--Research--Methodology.
- Medicine.
- Qualitative research.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (241 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2024.
- Summary:
- In 'Qualitative Research in Health and Illness', Dr Jessica Smartt Gullion leverages two decades of experience as a qualitative methodologist and epidemiologist to provide an in-depth guide on conducting qualitative inquiry in the health fields. The book will begin with an overview of qualitative research and its applications. After laying down the foundation, Gullion guides students through the process of conducting research. Chapters provide detailed coverage on the formation of a research question, the ethics of a project, different data collection techniques such as interviewing, ethnographic research, and medical narratives, and concludes with strategies for analyzing data and documenting findings.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Series
- Qualitative Research in Health and Illness
- Copyright
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- About the Author
- Other Books by the Author
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Part I. The Foundations of Qualitative Inquiry
- 1. What Is Qualitative Research?
- 2. Research Ethics
- 3. Study Design
- 4. Reflexivity and Diffraction
- Part II. Collecting Empirical Materials
- 5. Interviewing
- 6. Ethnography
- 7. Community-Based Action Research
- 8. Medical Narratives and Narrative Interviewing
- Part III. Evaluation and Writing
- 9. Thinking with Data
- 10. Reporting Results
- Glossary
- References
- Index.
- Notes:
- Also issued in print: 2024.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource and publisher information; title from PDF title page (viewed on January 8, 2024).
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-091600-1
- 0-19-091601-X
- 0-19-091599-4
- OCLC:
- 1399573216
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