Interdisciplinary Research Diverse Approaches In Science Technology Health And Society John Atkinson by John Atkinson, Malcolm Crowe (eds.) 9780470777930, 9781861564702, 0470777931, 1861564708 instant download after payment.

The book introduces academics to new areas of endeavour and encourages researchers and students to think broadly when devising their studies. Linking chapters present the contributions in an historical and theoretical context, identifying the themes between the approaches, and encourages new thinking about old problems. Includes contributions from leading researchers across the quantitative-qualitative spectrum, from marine biology to spirituality.

With funding under increasing pressure, the different views will help departments form new alliances and encourage interdisciplinary working.Content:
Chapter 1 Research Today (pages 1–23): Malcolm Crowe
Chapter 2 Studying Complexity: Are We Approaching the Limits of Science? (pages 25–40): Ian Boyd
Chapter 3 A Sustainable Environment? The ‘Lopsided View’ of an Environmental Geochemist (pages 41–54): Andrew S. Hursthouse
Chapter 4 Use and Abuse of Statisticians (pages 55–74): Mario Hair
Chapter 5 Research in Information Systems ? Mine and My Colleagues' (pages 75–99): Abel Usoro
Chapter 6 Hearing Lips and Seeing Voices: Illusion and Serendipity in Auditory?Visual Perception Research (pages 101–115): John MacDonald
Chapter 7 Research in Modern History (pages 117–134): Martin Myant
Chapter 8 ‘Scientificity’ and its Alternatives: Aspects of Philosophy and Methodology within Media and Cultural Studies Research (pages 135–154): Neil Blain
Chapter 9 The Truth as Personal Documentation: An Anthropological Narrative of Hospital Portering (pages 155–173): Nigel Rapport
Chapter 10 Philosophy, Nursing and the Nature of Evidence (pages 175–190): P. Anne Scott
Chapter 11 Researching the Spiritual: Outcome or Process? (pages 191–212): Harriet Mowat and John Swinton
Chapter 12 Using Narrative in Care and Research: The Patient's Journey (pages 213–238): John Atkinson