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Fundamentals of research
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- Research Methods (HMEMS80)
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Fundamentals ofResearch Methodology for
Healthcare Professionals
4th edition
Hilla Brink, Christa van der Walt
& Gisela van Rensburg
, Fundamentals
of Research Methodology for
Healthcare Professionals
Fourth edition
Hilla Brink
Christa van der Walt
Gisela van Rensburg
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, Fundamentals of Research Methodology
for Healthcare Professionals
First published 1996
Second edition 2006
Third edition 2012
Fourth edition 2018
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, Contents
About the authors............................................................................................ix
Preface.............................................................................................................x
CHAPTER 1
Orientation to health sciences research............................................................1
What is research?....................................................................................... 2
Definitions of research......................................................................... 3
What is health sciences research?.............................................................. 3
Ways of acquiring knowledge.................................................................... 4
Tradition............................................................................................... 4
Authorities............................................................................................ 4
Logical reasoning................................................................................. 5
Experience............................................................................................ 6
Trial and error...................................................................................... 6
Intuition............................................................................................... 6
Borrowing............................................................................................. 6
The scientific method................................................................................ 6
Limitations of the scientific method................................................... 8
Main types of scientific research.......................................................... 8
Reasons for conducting health sciences research................................ 9
Roles of healthcare professionals in research...................................... 10
Using research knowledge to promote evidence-based practice......... 10
The hierarchy of evidence.................................................................... 12
Systematic and integrative reviews...................................................... 13
CHAPTER 2
Research and theory........................................................................................ 15
The nature of scientific theory.................................................................. 15
Definitions of theory............................................................................ 16
Types of theory.................................................................................... 16
Theory-related terms............................................................................ 18
Development of theory.............................................................................. 21
Testing of theory........................................................................................ 24
The relationship between theory and research......................................... 24
CHAPTER 3
Ethical considerations in the conduct of health sciences research..................... 27
Codes of ethical research........................................................................... 28
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