Researching Complementary and Alternative MedicineΒ provides a valuable and timely resource for those looking to understand, initiate and expand CAM research. This collection brings together leading international CAM researchers with backgrounds and expertise in a variety of areas including health
Research Made Easy in Complementary and Alternative Medicine
β Scribed by Mark Kane MA DO ND MBAcC
- Year
- 2004
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 206
- Edition
- 1
- Category
- Library
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β¦ Synopsis
Highly engaging and visually attractive, this clear and lively introduction to research is designed to help readers gain confidence and initiate small practice-based research projects. Providing a foundation in understanding research, it includes valuable information on how to get started, how to formulate useful and answerable research questions, a range of methodologies set in terms of their usefulness and limitations, strategies for seeing a project through completion, and writing up the results. Pitfalls and pointers are also highlighted along the way.Provides a realistic and clear introduction to understanding researchFeatures simple explanation of all key conceptsOffers clear guidance on how to formulate and initiate a projectIncludes a summary of pros and cons of each research methodologyProvides examples relating to each methodIncludes checklists, summary boxes, warnings, tips and illustrations in abundance
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