Conducting Research in the Practice Setting

In Conducting Research in the Practice Setting, a multidisciplinary team of contributors representing such fields as family medicine, nursing, social work, epidemiology, and anthropology identify the methods and elements necessary for conducting successful research in the primary care setting. The volume first concentrates on such general issues of primary care research as the ethics of conducting research with human subjects. Next, the contributors examine practical questions such as combining clinical care and research, recruiting patients, maximizing use of the office computer, and identifying the needs of the surrounding community. Collaborations--a topic of increasing importance--between nurse and physician, university and community, and industry and clinician are explored. Special settings relevant to primary care are also discussed. For example, such settings as rural native communities, the homeless, and long-term care are addressed in terms of the challenges they present. The appendix includes a checklist for conducting research in the practice setting. Primary care physicians and nurses interested in conducting research as part of their practice as well as academics and advance students in these areas will find this and other volumes in the series invaluable. "Like its companions in this excellent series, this text makes a significant contribution in assisting researchers in conducting important and high quality research in the challenging arena of primary care. This volume also gives insight into the rich contributions a number of individuals have made to advancing our understanding of practice-based research in ambulatory primary care. . . . The text is directly applicableto physicians from all specialties who are contemplating becoming involved in, or who are already actively involved in, scientific inquiry in practice settings. . . . The authors provide insight not only into the study of the processes and treatments of illnesses, but also into the depth and diversity of doctor-patient relationships, the determinants of physician''s own behaviors, and better vantages over the etiologies and natural histories of human diseases. . . . Readers will find many pearls of wisdom for recruiting patients from private practice, potentially unlimited mixtures of quantitative and qualitative designs for inquiry, and caveats for considering cultural belief systems and understanding compliance issues. . . . [This book] soundly achieves its goal of meeting the needs of primary care researchers." --Academic Medicine "Far more comprehensive than other publications on the subject. . . . This volume provides an excellent introduction for clinic-based primary care physicians beginning to do research, as well as providing valuable background for an experienced researcher considering initiating a project in a primary care setting for the first time. Conducting Research in the Practice Setting is readable and motivating. It does not allow problems of this type of research to dampen the enthusiasm of persons who recognize the value and potential of practice-based research. As an introduction to the field of practice-based research, it is eminently affordable, it is not overpowering in length or difficulty, and presents a valuable perspective on the conduct of practice-based research in the real world. There should also be a place for this book on the shelves of all teachers offamily medicine and other disciplines who have an interest in clinic-based research." --The Journal of Family Practice "Finally: A book on conducting research in the practice setting! The title will immediately interest anyone involved in primary care research. Readers will not be disappointed. . . . The editors have done a superb job of ensuring that the result is at a consistently high level throughout. . . . The organization of the book allows readers to dip into chapters or sections as the need arises. . . . The book is very practical. This practicality is reflecTudiver, Fred is the author of 'Conducting Research in the Practice Setting' with ISBN 9780803951273 and ISBN 0803951272.