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Doing social work research / Louise Hardwick and Aidan Worsley.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hardwick.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Social service--Research--Methodology.
- Social service.
- Research.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xi, 163 p.) : ill.
- Place of Publication:
- London ; Los Angeles : SAGE, 2011.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This is a beginner's guide to both conducting and using research within the context of social work practice. It covers the key themes, debates and approaches, including, the ethics of social work research, conducting interviews, focus groups and observation and narrative.
- Contents:
- Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 - What's distinctive about socialwork research?; 2 - Practitioner research - engaging with individuals, organisations and communities; 3 - The ethics of social work research; 4 - Service users, carers and social work research; 5 - Interviews and questionnaires; 6 - Focus Groups; 7 - Observation, narrative andother approaches; 8 - Analysing data; 9 - Developing a research proposal and writing a research report; Conclusion; Bibliography; index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781446269602
- 1446269604
- 9781299311954
- 1299311954
- 9781446200599
- 1446200590
- OCLC:
- 764571067
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