Most information currently available to health professionals focuses on quantitative research; this book fills the gap. Written by occupational therapists and physiotherapists of international standing, this practical text maps the links between philosophy, research methods and practice in an accessible way. Most information currently available to health professionals focuses on quantitative research; this book fills the gap. Written by occupational therapists and physiotherapists of international standing, this practical text maps the links between philosophy, research methods and practice in an accessible way. Contributors ix Prologue xi PART I Planning the research 1(60) `Going exploring': The nature of qualitative research 3(6) Linda Finlay Mapping methodology 9(21) Linda Finlay Strategic choices in research planning 30(16) Barbara Steward Ethical and governance issues in qualitative research 46(15) Claire Ballinger Rose Wiles PART II Doing the research 61(172) A grounded theory of the wellbeing of older people 63(16) Mandy Stanley An ethnography of physiotherapy culture 79(14) Barbara Richardson Investigating invisible groups using mixed methodologies 93(15) Barbara Steward Communication practices in physiotherapy: A conversation analytic study 108(17) Ruth H. Parry Using biographical research with disabled young people 125(14) Michael Curtin Low back pain: Exploring the meaning of exercise management through interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA) 139(17) Sarah G. Dean Jonathan A. Smith Sheila Payne Using a biographic-narrative-interpretive method: Exploring motivation in mental health 156(15) Tanya Campbell-Breen Fiona Poland Empowering young people through participatory research? 171(14) Anne Killett The embodied experience of multiple sclerosis: An existential-phenomenological analysis 185(15) Linda Finlay Discourse analysis in action: The construction of risk in a community day hospital 200(18) Claire Ballinger Julianne Cheek A case study of unconscious processes in an organisation 218(15) Paula Hyde PART III Presenting the research 233(24) Demonstrating rigour and quality? 235(12) Claire Ballinger Disseminating the research: Towards knowledge 247(10) Linda Finlay Barbara Steward Glossary 257(8) Index 265