Mixed methods research for nursing and the health sciences

Andrew, Sharon. (Added Author). Halcomb, Elizabeth. (Added Author).

Summary: "Mixed Methods Research for Nursing and the Health Sciences is a guide to the design, conduct and reporting of mixed methods research in nursing or the health sciences. Each chapter describes the various steps of the research process. Within the text, 'real-life' examples from the published literature, doctoral theses and the unpublished work of the authors, illustrate the concepts being discussed."--BOOK JACKET.

Record details

ISBN: 9781405167772 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN: 1405167777 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Physical Description: print
vi, 230 p. : ill., plans ; 25 cm.
Publisher: Chichester, U.K. : Wiley-Blackwell, 2009.

Content descriptions

General Note:	Supporting nursing program. New January 2010.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Glossary -- Preliminary considerations -- Introduction to mixed methods research for nursing and the health sciences -- Does mixed methods constitute a change in paradigm? -- Designs for mixed methods research -- Managing mixed methods projects -- Conducting mixed methods research -- Data collection in mixed methods research -- Analysing mixed methods data -- From rigour to trustworthiness: validating mixed methods -- Reporting mixed methods projects -- Exemplars of mixed methods research -- Mixed methods intervention trials -- A mixed methods sequential explantory study: police referrals to a psychiatric facility -- Action research as a mixed methods design: a palliative approach in residential aged care -- Future challenges for mixed methods research in nursing and the health sciences.