Qualitative Research Methodologies for Occupational Science and Therapy
About this ebook
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.
About the author
Shoba Nayar is a Senior Lecturer in the postgraduate public health program at the School of Public Health and Psychosocial Studies, and Associate Director of the Centre for Migrant and Refugee Research, Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand. Shoba is President of the Association of the Journal of Occupational Science and an associate editor for the Journal of Occupational Science.
Mandy Stanley is a Senior Lecturer in the occupational therapy program at the School of Health Science and member of the International Center for Allied Health Evidence, University of South Australia, Australia. Mandy is President of the Australasian Society of Occupational Scientists and an associate editor for the Journal of Occupational Science.
