Priscilla Alderson (UCL)

Critical Realism for Health and Illness Research

A Practical Introduction

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Produktbeschreibung

Critical realism helps researchers to extend and clarify their analyses. 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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bristol University Press
• Seitenzahl: 252
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. Februar 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 392g
• ISBN-13: 9781447354567
• ISBN-10: 1447354567
• Artikelnr.: 59916987

Autorenporträt

Priscilla Alderson is Professor Emerita of Childhood Studies in the Social Research Institute, UCL.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction Rethinking theories: the basis of practical research and
problems with paradigms Basic critical realist concepts Structure and
agency: making connections Health and illness research: value-free or
value-laden? Four planes of social being: more connections Researching
transformative change over time The point is to change it: connecting
research to policy and practice