The SAGE Handbook of Qualitative Methods in Health Research

Robert Dingwall is a consulting sociologist through Dingwall Enterprises Ltd and part-time Professor of Sociology at Nottingham Trent University. He draws on more than forty years’ experience as an academic researcher studying health care, legal services, and science and technology policy at the Universities of Aberdeen, Oxford and Nottingham. Over that time, he has held grants and contracts worth more than £7 million (at 2017 prices) in total from the Leverhulme and Wellcome Trusts, ESRC, NERC, MRC, EPSRC, BBSRC, the EU, the UK Department of Health and various NHS/NIHR programmes, the Ministry of Justice, the Royal Pharmaceutical Society and the Food Standards Agency. These have resulted in 30 books and more than 100 scientific papers. Robert Dingwall is also an experienced manager: he served for five years as head of a large social science department and founded and directed what was one of Europe’s leading research institutes in science and technology studies for 12 years. Robert has been a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences since 2002 and an Honorary Member of the Faculty of Public Health since 2014. He was awarded the 2019 Prize for Contributions to the Socio-Legal Community by the Socio-Legal Studies Association.

"The demand for high-quality, evidence-based health care represents a paradigm shift in health research, which this handbook explores. Essays focus on a wide range of topics within qualitative research investigation, including the philosophy of science, chaos theory, bioethics, reliability and validity issues, levels of research, and mixed methods approaches. With this volume, the editors--all internationally recognized experts in the social sciences--offer a valuable educational tool for instructors at either the undergraduate or the graduate level."

• Introduction PART ONE: CONTRIBUTIONS OF QUALITATIVE RESEARCHThere′s More to Dying Than Death: Qualitative Research on the End-of-Life - Stefan TimmermansHealer-Patient Interaction: New Mediations in Clinical Relationships - Arthur W. Frank, Michael K. Corman, Jessica A. Gish and Paul LawtonQualitative Contributions to the Study of Health Professions and Their Work - Johanne CollinWhy Use Qualitative Methods to Study Health-Care Organizations? Insights from Multilevel Case Studies - Carol A. CaronnaHow Country Matters: Studying Health Policy in a Comparative Perspective - Sirpa Wrede Exploring Social Inequalities in Health: The Importance of Thinking Qualitatively - Gareth Williams and Eva ElliottPART TWO: THEORYTheory Matters in Qualitative Health Research - Mita GiacominiEthnographic Approaches to Health and Development Research: The Contributions of Anthropology - Rebecca PrenticeWhat Is Grounded Theory and Where Does It Come from? - Dorothy Pawluch and Elena NeitermanQualitative Methods from Psychology - Helen MalsonConversation Analysis and Ethnomethodology: The Centrality of Interaction - Timothy Halkowski and Virginia Teas GillPhenomenology - Carol L. McWilliamStudying Organizations: The Revival of Institutionalism - Karen StanilandHistory and Social Change in Health and Medicine - Claire HookerPART THREE: COLLECTING AND ANALYZING DATAQualitative Research Review and Synthesis - Jennie Popay and Sara MallinsonQualitative Interviewing Techniques and Styles - Susan E. KellyFocus Groups - Rosaline S. BarbourFieldwork and Participant Observation - Davina AllenVideo-Based Conversation Analysis - Ruth ParryPractising Discourse Analysis in Healthcare Settings - Srikant SarangiDocuments in Health Research - Lindsay PriorParticipatory Action Research: Theoretical Perspectives on the Challenges of Researching Action - Louise Potvin, Sherri L. Bisset and Leah WalzQualitative Research in Programme Evaluation - Isobel MacPherson and Linda McKieAuto-Ethnography: Making Sense of Personal Illness Journeys - Elizabeth EttoreInstitutional Ethnography - Marie L. CampbellVisual Methods for Collecting and Analysing Data - Susan E. BellKeyword Analysis: A New Tool for Qualitative Research - Clive Seale and Jonathan Charteris-BlackPART FOUR: ISSUES IN QUALITATIVE HEALTH RESEARCH Recognizing Quality in Qualitative Research - Kath M. MeliaMixed Methods Involving Qualitative Research - Alicia O′CathainA Practical Guide to Research Ethics - Laura Stark and Adam HedgecoeUsing Qualitative Research Methods to Inform Health Policy: The Case of Public Deliberation - Julia AbelsonCross National Qualitative Health Research - Carine Vassy and Richard KellerPART FIVE: APPLYING QUALITATIVE METHODSResearching Reproduction Qualitatively: Intersections of Personal and Political - Kereen Reiger and Pranee LiamputtongUnderstanding the Shaping, Incorporation and Co-Ordination of Health Technologies through Qualitative Research - Tiago Moreira and Tim Rapley Transgressive Pleasures: Undertaking Qualitative Research in the Radsex Domain - Dave Holmes, Patrick O′Byrne and Denise GastaldoThe Challenges and Opportunities of Qualitative Health Research with Children - Ilina Singh and Sinead KeenanThe Dilemmas of Advocacy: The Paradox of Giving in Disability Research - Ruth PinderQualitative Approaches for Studying Environmental Health - Phil Brown