Research handbook for health care professionals / Mary Hickson.

Chichester : Wiley-Blackwell, 2008.

xiv, 184 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Taking stock -- Research governance -- Formulating your research question -- Reviewing the literature -- Critically appraising papers -- Choosing the right research design -- Writing the initial research protocol -- Getting started with statistics -- Successful grant applications -- Obtaining approval for your research -- Participant consent -- Collecting your data -- Recruiting volunteers -- Data management and analysis -- Disseminating your results -- Preparing for a conference presentation -- Writing a paper for a journal.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Includes Web resources.