Action Research as a Mixed Methods Design: A Palliative Approach in Residential Aged Care

Mixed Methods Research for Nursing and the Health Sciences

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 195-216

  Phillips, Jane ^a   Davidson, Patricia M ^b  

^a Cancer Australia   (Australia)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Action research and health care; Action research as framework for R PAC Project; Action research flexibility in natural health and education settings; Action research critical social science and critical social theory; Action research defining problem, initiating and evaluating change; Integrating mixed methods into R PAC Project's action research framework; R PAC Project's action research process; R PAC Project's eight action research phases; Reconciling mixed methods research in action research paradigm; Residential Palliative Approach Competency (R PAC) Project

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650643497     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781444316490.ch11     Document Type: Chapter

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