Interdisciplinary research : diverse approaches in science, technology, health and society / edited by John Atkinson, Malcolm Crowe. - Chichester, England ; Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley & Sons, c2006. - xii, 250 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Research today / Malcolm Crowe -- Studying complexity : are we approaching the limits of science? / Ian Boyd -- A sustainable environment? : the 'lopsided view' of an environmental geochemist / Andrew S. Hursthouse -- Use and abuse of statisticians / Mario Hair -- Research in information systems : mine and my colleagues' / Abel Usoro -- Hearing lips and seeing voices : illusion and serendipity in auditory-visual perception research / John MacDonald -- Research in modern history / Martin Myant -- 'Scientificity' and its alternatives : aspects of philosophy and methodology within media and cultural studies research / Neil Blain -- The truth as personal documentation : an anthropological narrative of hospital portering / Nigel Rapport -- Philosophy, nursing and the nature of evidence / P. Anne Scott -- Researching the spiritual : outcome or process? / Harriet Mowat and John Swinton -- Using narrative in care and research : the patient's journey / John Atkinson.

1861564708 (paper : alk. paper) 9781861564702 (paper : alk. paper)


Social medicine -- Miscellanea.
Technology -- Miscellanea.
Health -- Miscellanea.
Science -- Miscellanea.
Ethics, Research.
Research -- methods.
Interdisciplinary Communication.

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