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Critical Realism for Health and Illness Research
A Practical Introduction
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eBook - ePub
Critical Realism for Health and Illness Research
A Practical Introduction
About this book
Winner of the 2022 Cheryl Frank Memorial Prize.
Critical realism, as a toolkit of practical ideas, helps researchers to extend and clarify their analyses. It resolves problems arising from splits between different research approaches, builds on the strengths of different methods and overcomes their individual limitations.
This original text draws on international examples of health and illness research across the life course, from small studies to large trials, to show how versatile critical realism can be in validating research and connecting it to policy and practice.
To meet growing demand from students and researchers, this book is based on the course at UCL, first taught by Roy Bhaskar, the founder of critical realism.
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Yes, you can access Critical Realism for Health and Illness Research by Priscilla Alderson,Alderson, Priscilla in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Medicine & Health Policy. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- List of figures and tables
- List of examples
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- 1. Rethinking theories: the basis of practical research and problems with paradigms
- 2. Basic critical realist concepts
- 3. Structure and agency: making connections
- 4. Health and illness research: value-free or value-laden?
- 5. Four planes of social being: more connections
- 6. Researching transformative change over time
- 7. The point is to change it: connecting research to policy and practice
- ABCD – Articles, books, commentary and dictionary-glossary
- Notes
- References