Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION
SECTION 1 – Making Sense of the Research Process.
1 – Identifying the research aim.
2 – Reviewing the literature.
3 – Designing a study – the choice of methods.
4 – Can it be done? Ethical approval and resources.
5 – Recruitment and data collection.
6 – Data analysis.
7 – What do we know now?
SECTION 2 – Using Evidence in Practice
8 – Reviewing the evidence – making decisions about quality.
9 – Putting the evidence into practice.
10 – Audit and evaluation.
11 – Closing the circle: issues for the future.
REFERENCES
INDEX

INTRODUCTION SECTION 1 - making sense of the research process. 1 - Identifying the research aim. 2 - Reviewing the literature. 3 - Designing a study - the choice of methods. 4 - Can it be done? Ethical approval and resources. 5 - Recruitment and data collection. 6 - Data analysis. 7 - What do we know now? SECTION 2 - Using evidence in practice 8 - Reviewing the evidence - making decisions about quality. 9 - Putting the evidence into practice. 10 - Audit and Evaluation. 11 - Closing the circle: issues for the future.