Evidence based research : dilemmas and debates in health care / Brian Brown, Paul Crawford and Carolyn Hicks.
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TextPublisher: Maidenhead : Open University Press, 2003Description: 297 pages ; 25 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0335211658
- 9780335211654
- 362.1072 22
Contents:
1. Introduction: theories of science and theories of society -- 2. Epistemology I: positivism - 'they don't build epistemologies like that any more' -- 3. Concepts and theories I: what is a concept in the health sciences? -- 4. Concepts and theories II: operationalism and its legacy -- 5. The philosophy of experimentation -- 6. Experiments in medicine and the health sciences -- 7. Epistemology II: interpretation and hermeneutics -- 8. Philosophies of description -- 9. The post-modernist challenge -- 10. Philosophy and research design in practice.
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| Book | North Campus North Campus Main Collection | 362.1072 BRO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | A289611B |
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Introduction: theories of science and theories of society -- 2. Epistemology I: positivism - 'they don't build epistemologies like that any more' -- 3. Concepts and theories I: what is a concept in the health sciences? -- 4. Concepts and theories II: operationalism and its legacy -- 5. The philosophy of experimentation -- 6. Experiments in medicine and the health sciences -- 7. Epistemology II: interpretation and hermeneutics -- 8. Philosophies of description -- 9. The post-modernist challenge -- 10. Philosophy and research design in practice.
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