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Getting a PhD in Health and Social Care
Immy Holloway (Author), Jan Walker (Author)
9780632050574, Wiley
Paperback / softback, published 1 June 1999
202 pages
23.6 x 15.8 x 1.6 cm, 0.318 kg
"...health and social care departmentrs will recommend this book to their postgraduate research students because it will be an invaluable companion during the course of their research, from conception to completion. Journal of Advanced Nursing "I have already asked the university library to obtain this book and I shall recommend it to all of my PhD students, current and prospective. What more can I say? It is everything the blurb claims it is. End of review!" Physiotherapy
Getting a PhD in Health and Social Care enables research students to take control of the various processes involved in postgraduate research study. It is an authoritative account of the key issues and challenges faced by postgraduate researchers in health care and social care in their quest for completion of an MPhil or PhD. Part One is designed to assist potential students in negotiating their way through the minefield of decisions and bureaucratic processes involved in enrollment and registration. Attention to detail at this stage of the process will help resolve most of the common problems likely to be encountered. Part Two is concerned with the processes involved in achieving a successful MPhil or PhD following registration. Chapters on writing up, examination procedures, and advice on how to prepare for and cope with the viva are included. Key features: * Authoritative and comprehensive guide * Considers the challenges of research in applied settings * Practical, sound advice throughout Real life examples "I recommend this book warmly as a reliable guide to all aspects of research for higher degrees, more especially, as a handbook for the practical problems faced in the course of undertaking any type of research. In short, this book is an indispensable aid for researchers and those undertaking health and social care research courses." From the Foreword by Professor J. Akinsanya. Dr Immy Holloway is Reader in the Institute of Health and Community Studies, Bournemouth University. Dr Jan Walker is Principal Lecturer in Multiprofessional Health Care at the University of Plymouth.
Starting out: Introduction
Influences on approaches to research
Decisions about the research
Choice of degree
Starting the process
Research supervision
Going through the process: Writing a proposal
Access and ethics issues
The choice of methodology and research methods
Major issues: From MPhil to PhD
The monitoring process
Writing the dissertation or thesis: The introduction
Review of relevant literature
The methods section
The main body of the research
The examination
Problems
Dissemination of the research.
Subject Areas: Nursing & ancillary services [MQ]
