This practical text addresses a gap in the literature by mapping the links between philosophy, research method and practice in an accessible, readable way. It offers guidance to allied health professionals - increasingly involved in research as the emphasis grows on evidence-based practice - on how to engage in meaningful, good quality qualitative research.

To help researchers take on this challenge, the book:

• highlights some of the choices involved in carrying out qualitative research
• offers a wide range of practical examples to show how different ways of doing...

Reflexivity is a popular tool used to analyse personal, intersubjective and social processes which shape research projects. It enables researchers, particularly within the qualitative tradition, to acknowledge their role and the situated nature of their research. In the current climate, which sees the popularity of qualitative methods coupled with increased public and professional scrutiny of research, reflexivity provides a means of bolstering greater transparency and quality in research.

This book recognises the considerable value of reflexivity to researchers, and...