Includes glossary and index. Saks, M., & Allsop, J. (Eds.). (2013). Researching health: qualitative, quantitative and mixed methods. Los Angeles: SAGE Publications.

Part I: Conducting health research -- Introduction: the context for researching health -- Competing paradigms and health research: design and process -- Doing a literature review in health -- Part II: Qualitative methods and health -- Using documents in health research -- Unstructured and semi-structured interview in health research -- Participant observation in health research -- The use of focus groups in research into health -- Action research and health -- Part III: Quantitative methods and health -- Health research sampling methods -- Quantitative survey methods in health research -- Statistical methods for health data analysis -- Randomized controlled trials -- Experimental methods in health research -- The use of economics in health research -- Part IV: Contemporary issues in researching health -- Governance and ethics in health research -- Researching complementary and alternative medicine -- Researching the health of ethnic minority groups -- Gender and health research -- Public health research -- Involving the user in health research -- Comparative health research -- Part V: Applying health research -- Mixed methods and multidisciplinary research in health care -- The research process and writing up health research -- Disseminating and using health research