`This is an ambitious contribution to the ever-growing market for research textbooks. The book concludes with an excellent appendix on sources of literature... useful for postgraduate students and staff wishing to fill gaps and/or double-check their facts' - Physiotherapy

IntroductionPART ONE: EXPERIMENTAL APPROACHESExperimental Methods and Simple Interventions Bandages for Leg Ulcers Experimental Methods and Complex Interventions Case Management in Mental Health Care From Effectiveness to Cost-Effectiveness A Trial of a Hospital at Home SchemeComparing Like with Like A Systematic Review and Meta-Analyses of Homes Visiting Schemes and Childhood InjuryThe Basics of Experimental DesignResearch Instruments in Experimental ResearchReading the Results of Experimental ResearchPART TWO: SURVEY RESEARCHSurveys, Samples and Questions Consumer Satisfaction with the NHSAn Equity Audit in Coronary CareSurveys and Case Control StudiesControlling for Age and Socio-Economic CircumstancesPART THREE: QUALITATIVE APPROACHESLoosely Structured Interviews The Stories Behind the StatisticsNaturalistic Observation Midwives¿ Ethnic Sterotyping of their PatientsUnderstanding Language in Context Professional UncertaintyAction Research Applied Qualitative Methods in the Family CentreCollecting and Analysing Qualitative DataPART FOUR: RESEARCH APPRAISAL QUESTIONS