Qualitative research methodologies for occupational science and therapy
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Qualitative research methodologies for occupational science and therapy
Routledge, 2015
- : hbk
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  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
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  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
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Includes bibliographies and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
The push for evidence-based practice has increased the demand for high-quality occupational science and occupational therapy research from conceptualisation of the study through to publication. This invaluable collection explores how to produce rigorous qualitative research by presenting and discussing a range of methodologies and methods that can be used in the fields of occupational science and therapy.
Each chapter, written by an experienced researcher in the relevant methodology, includes examples of research, foundational knowledge and therapeutic applications. Including new and cutting-edge methodologies, the book covers:
Qualitative Descriptive
Grounded Theory
Phenomenology
Narrative
Ethnography
Action Research
Case Study
Critical Discourse Analysis
Visual Methodologies
Metasynthesis
Appreciative Inquiry
Critical Theory and Philosophy
Designed for occupational science and occupational therapy researchers, this book develops the reader's ability to produce and critique high quality qualitative research that is epistemologically sound and rigorous.
Table of Contents
1. Beginning Conversations 2. Deepening Understandings 3. Qualitative Descriptive: A Very Good Place to Start 4. Grounded Theory: Uncovering a World of Process 5. Doing (Interpretive) Phenomenology 6. Narrative Methodology: A Tool to Access Unfolding and Situated Meaning in Occupation 7. Ethnography: Understanding Occupation through an Examination of Culture 8. Action Research: Exploring Occupation and Transforming Occupational Therapy 9. Case Study Methodology: The Particular and the Whole 10. Critical Discourse Analysis: Opening Possibilities through Deconstruction 11. Visual Methodologies: Photovoice in Focus 12. Meta-Synthesis Demystified: Connecting Islands of Knowledge 13. Appreciative Inquiry: Enabling Occupation through the Envisioning Mind 14. Interrogating Power and Reason: Critical Theory and Philosophy 15. Closing Conversations
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