Published: 28/02/2002, Volume II2, No. 5794 Page 31
Research Using IT
By Hilary Coombes
Publisher: Palgrave. ISBN: 0333914503. 274 pages.£10.99.
The emphasis here is as much on research as IT: the first question asked is 'What is research?'and the second 'Why research?'Only then does the author move on to 'Getting the computer to help'. It also covers major research methods, data collection, interviews and questionnaires, analysing data, writing, doing presentations and getting material published.'Published', naturally, means online as well as in books.
Implementing Research in the Clinical Setting
Edited by Chris Bassett
Publisher: Whurr
Publishers. ISBN: 1861562845. 116 pages.£17.50.
This publication is described as a 'very practical'book for nurses and other professionals.
No 'deep theory'- instead, six experts provide short guides to topics such as common research methods, reading and understanding research reports and overcoming barriers to implementing evidence-based care.
Getting Research Findings into Practice: second edition
Edited by Andrew Haines and Anna Donald
Publisher: BMJ books. ISBN: 0727915533. 226 pages.£25.
A much denser - very much more technical - guide for clinicians, by top-name writers.
Covers issues such as the criteria to be used in implementing research evidence, models of behaviour and barriers to change, systematic reviews of different interventions and sources of information.
Mainly clinical, but evidence-based policy is represented by a chapter and a detailed case study.
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