A practical overview for health students and health professionals embarking on an applied
research project using a qualitative approach. Successful Qualitative Health Research offers …

" In the first three chapters, the author examines definitions of postmodern and postcultural
approaches and ways in which they can be used to influence and inform us about health …

'Another important contribution to the growing literature on critical social work. It is on the
cutting edge of thinking about social work and its goal of social change.'-Kate van Heugten …

Critical physiotherapy has been a rapidly expanding field over the last decade and could
now justifiably be called a professional sub-discipline. In this paper we define three different …

Available literature concentrates on infertility concerns of young women with breast cancer,
while attention to psychosocial issues related to maintained or regained fertility is scarce. As …

Funding increasingly is being recognized as an enabler for qualitative research. Part of this
recognition has involved debunking the myth that qualitative research is cheap to do (Morse …

Objective: To define the role of social theory and examine how research studies using
qualitative methods can use social theory to generalise their results beyond the setting of the …

BACKGROUND: Communication problems between clinicians are the most common cause
of preventable adverse events in hospitals. In spite of these known risks the 'turf wars' …

Introduction Research has consistently shown that many people with spinal cord injury (SCI)
do not return to work (RTW), despite evidence that being employed is associated with better …

In this article, findings from a qualitative study of a cohort of occupational therapy students in
Auckland, New Zealand are presented. The study focussed on the experiences of students …