Main description:

Practioner Research in Healthcare provides an alternative to the dominant methods used in the field of healthcare, challenging the limited epistemological and ontological assumptions of most research methodologies.

Using examples and case studies throughout, Dawn Freshwater and John Lees demonstrate how it is possible to do rigorous research which is relevant to everyday practice. A balance of theoretical discussion and practical guideance is provided on the basics of practitioner research, including discussion of the value of reflexive research, the use of narrative, ethics and ensuring quality.

Accessible and highly practical, this book will be of direct relevance to practitioners and postgraduate students carrying out research in the fieilds of health and mental health.

Contents:

Introduction
Creating meaning from experience
Transforming practice through practitioner research
Doing practitioner research
Writing in practitioner research
Using narrative in practitioner research
Ethics and challenges in practitioner research
Quality in practitioner research
Supervising and teaching practitioner research
The future