The Sage Handbook of Qualitative Methods in Health Research - Paperback

by Ivy Bourgeault (Editor), Robert Dingwall (Editor), Ray De Vries (Editor)

The Sage Handbook of Qualitative Methods in Health Research is a comprehensive and authoritative source on qualitative research methods.

The Handbook compiles accessible yet vigorous academic contributions by respected academics from the fast-growing field of qualitative methods in health research and consists of:

• A series of case studies in the ways in which qualitative methods have contributed to the development of thinking in fields relevant to policy and practice in health care.
• A section examining the main theoretical sources drawn on by qualitative researchers.
• A section on specific techniques for the collection of data.
• A section exploring issues relevant to the strategic place of qualitative research in health care environments.

The Sage Handbook of Qualitative Methods in Health Research is an invaluable source of reference for all students, researchers, and practitioners with a background in the health professions or health sciences.

Author Biography

Robert Dingwall is Professor and Director of the Institute for the Study of Genetics, Biorisks and Society at the University of Nottingham.

Elizabeth Murphy is Professor of Medical School and Head of the School of Sociology and Social Policy (from August 2006).

Ray De Vries is a member of the Bioethics Program, the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, and the Department of Medical Education at the Medical School, University of Michigan.

Ivy Bourgeault is an Associate Professor and Canada Research Chair in Comparative Health Labour Policy at McMaster University.