| Description |
xii, 520 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
10. Understanding the Process of Social Drift Among the Homeless: A Qualitative Analysis / John R. Belcher -- 11. Collaboration Between Social Workers and Physicians: An Emerging Typology / Terry Mizrahi and Julie S. Abramson -- 12. Commentary: Grounded Theory Methods -- Applications and Speculations / Susan R. Sherman -- 13. The Human Sciences, the Life Story, and Clinical Research / Bertram J. Cohler -- 14. "Thick Description" Revisited: Family Therapist as Anthropologist-Constructivist / Joan Laird -- 15. Life Forces of African-American Elderly Illustrated Through Oral History Narratives / Ruth R. Martin -- 16. Commentary: Narrative in Clinical Research / Sheldon S. Tobin -- 17. The Dialogical Analysis of Case Materials / Adrienne S. Chambon -- 18. Discourse Analysis Methods and Clinical Research: A Single Case Study / Catherine Nye -- 19. Discourse Analysis in the Framework of Change Process Research / Edmund Sherman -- 20. Commentary: Discourse Theory and Analysis / Max Siporin |
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21. The Qualitative Case Study and Evaluation: Issues, Methods, and Examples / Roy Ruckdeschel, Pat Earnshaw and Andrea Firrek -- 22. Integrating the Data Processing of Qualitative Research and Social Work Practice to Advance the Practitioner as Knowledge Builder: Tools for Knowing and Doing / Norma C. Lang -- 23. Commentary: A Practitioner's Perspective on Qualitative Case Evaluation Methods / Ruth G. Dean -- 24. Commentary: Wanted! Social Work Practice Evaluation and Research -- All Methods Considered / Susan B. Stern -- 25. A Positive Approach to Qualitative Evaluation and Policy Research in Social Work / Robert Bogdan and Steven J. Taylor -- 26. Qualitative Evaluation Methods in the Public Sector: Understanding and Working With Constituency Groups in the Evaluation Process / Richard T. Pulice -- 27. Constructivist Evaluation: The Policy/Practice Context / Mary K. Rodwell and David Woody III -- 28. Commentary: Evaluation in Context: Is There Any Other Way? / Stanley L. Witkin |
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29. Tidiness in an Untidy World: Research in Child Welfare / Anthony N. Maluccio and Edith Fein -- 30. Feminist Research Within a Battered Women's Shelter / Liane V. Davis and Meera Srinivasan -- 31. Commentary: Managing the Organizational Context in Qualitative Research / Bonnie E. Carlson -- 32. Paradigm for Research in Context: An Example from Mental Health / Peter J. Johnson -- 33. Amplifying the Consumer Voice: Qualitative Methods, Empowerment, and Mental Health Research / Charles A. Rapp, Walter Kisthardt, Elizabeth Gowdy and James Hanson -- 34. Commentary: Can It Help Us Get There? A View of Qualitative Research in Mental Health in the 1990s / James B. Mullin -- 35. The Inevitability of Integrated Methods / W. David Harrison -- 36. Integrating Qualitative and Quantitative Methods in Clinical Research / Inger P. Davis -- 37. Grounded Theory Meets the Reflective Practitioner: Integrating Qualitative and Quantitative Methods in Administrative Practice / Susan R. Bernstein and Irwin Epstein |
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38. Commentary: Practitioner-Researcher Perspective on the Integration of Qualitative and Quantitative Research Methods / Barry Loneck -- 39. Commentary: The Qualitative/Quantitative Debate: Moving Beyond Acrimony to Meaningful Dialogue / Ronald W. Toseland -- 40. Setting the Theme: Many Ways of Knowing / Ann Hartman -- 41. Reframing the Epistemological Debate / William J. Reid -- 42. Commentary on Reid's "Reframing the Epistemological Debate" / Ben A. Orcutt -- 43. Commentary: Epistemological Disagreements and the Search for Understanding / Roberta Wells Imre |
| Analysis |
Social service Research Methodology |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
| Subject |
Qualitative research.
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Social service -- Research -- Methodology.
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| Author |
Reid, William James, 1928-
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Sherman, Edmund A.
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| LC no. |
93023421 |
| ISBN |
0231080328 (acid-free paper) |
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0231080336 (paperback: acid-free paper) |
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