Social Research in Health and Illness offers a theoretically
informed guide to practising the key social research methods in
investigating health and illness. Examining both methods and
methodology, the authors explore the importance of selecting the
appropriate research method for the project in question,
demonstrating that researchers do not simply apply a set of neutral
techniques to the issues that they investigate, but take part in a
dynamic, reflective engagement with social and cultural worlds in a
process of continual learning. With its application of a variety of
research methods to concrete cases, this book provides a sociology
of specific health conditions, thus rendering them more
understandable, whilst clarifying the nature of research concepts,
approaches, methods and methodologies by demonstrating their use in
real-life settings. Drawing on case studies involving a range of
health conditions, including mental illness, HIV, diabetes, kidney
disease, Alzheimer's disease, heart disease, breast cancer,
thalassaemia and multiple sclerosis, the authors examine a range of
methodological issues, exploring the use of focus groups,
observation, data archives, interviews and surveys, while also
considering questions of ethics and analysis. A comprehensive and
practical examination of research methods in use in a defined field
of social scientific enquiry, this volume is essential reading for
scholars, graduate students and healthcare professionals with
interests in conducting qualitative and quantitative research in
the fields of health and medicine.
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