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Making sense of research

01 September 2012

Nurse Researcher

Book Review

EACH SECTION of this publication, which is intended as an introduction to research, is easy to read to gain the ‘bones’ of the activities related to investigation....

Practicing evaluation: a collaborative approach

01 June 2005

Nurse Researcher

Book Review

This book is based on the author ’s experience of undertaking evaluation across a variety of places and programmes, motivated by a desire to contribute to ‘social...

Evaluation: a systematic approach

01 June 2005

Nurse Researcher

Book Review

This is the seventh edition of a much- referred-to classic text on programme evaluation. As the authors point out, when the book was first published in the l970s,...

Qualitative methods for health research

01 December 2005

Nurse Researcher

Book Review

When I first looked at this book I wondered if there was room for yet another title on qualitative research in health. Indeed, the authors point out that there are...

Researching the Vulnerable

01 March 2008

Nurse Researcher

Book Review

This book is refreshing, both as an addition to the general research literature and as a text that considers cultural and social issues in studies relating to...

Celebrating nurses a visual history

01 October 2011

Nurse Researcher

Book Review

IT IS rare to find a book about the history and importance of nursing that captures the imagination and can be read and appreciated from beginning to end in one...

Handbook of action research

01 June 2006

Nurse Researcher

Book Review

This book represents the concise paperback edition of a seminal work on action research. The hardback version has for the past few years been an excellent source of...

Book reviews and round-up

01 July 2007

Nurse Researcher

Book Review

A regular look at recent publications relevant to health care and nursing research

Antipsychotic medication in prisons: satisfaction with and adherence to treatment

23 July 2008

Mental Health Practice

General

When taken as prescribed, antipsychotic medication is an effective treatment for people who experience distressing psychotic symptoms. But many people find that...

reviews and round-up

01 July 2006

Nurse Researcher

Book Review

A regular look at recent publications relevant to health care and nursing research