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Tragedy and farce

08 January 2003

Nursing Standard

Perspectives

You cannot help getting a sense of déjà vu when listening to the continuing debate over NHS reform. We hear the Department of Health and its secretary of state...

Research notes

02 October 2002

Nursing Standard

Perspectives

Planning is an important component of research. This applies as much to the analysis as it does to the overall structure and time frame. One aspect of analysis that...

Research notes

30 October 2002

Nursing Standard

Perspective

All research should be ethical – it should not cause harm to others, compromise their health or affect the kind of treatment they receive. With this aim in mind the...

Healthy profit

31 July 2002

Nursing Standard

Perspectives

Do you bank on the NHS? Probably the answer is ‘yes’-Most of us bank on the NHS to provide the health care we need as and when we need it. But what about banking...

Research notes

16 October 2002

Nursing Standard

Perspectives

Unlike medical research, much health service research uses a qualitative component, often through interviewing respondents. This allows for a deeper exploration of...

Research notes

21 January 2004

Nursing Standard

Perspectives

Research and its reporting should be objective and free from bias. So it is incumbent on a research team to approach their task with an open mind and not with an...

Research notes

13 February 2002

Nursing Standard

Perspectives

Working as a researcher in the health arena requires careful attention to managing and V If motivating co-researchers. These are the people who assist with the...

Notes research

21 May 2003

Nursing Standard

Perspectives

All research generates data, pieces of information relating to the research question in hand. In health services research, data often concern individuals....

Research notes

08 July 2003

Nursing Standard

Perspectives

Your research project intends, no doubt, to increase the level of human knowledge on some aspect or other of health care. But to do this you have to know what the...

Research notes

24 September 2003

Nursing Standard

Perspectives

The final stage of any research project should be the presentation of the findings. This may take the form of a written report or an oral presentation to managers...