Transforming Healthcare with Qualitative Research
About this ebook
The systems and services examined include those affecting patient care and patient and professional wellbeing, and the roles and responsibilities of people providing and receiving care. Some chapters delve deeply into the human psyche, examining the very private face of health and illness. Others concentrate on public health and how people’s needs can be met through health promotion and new investments. From real-time case studies to narratives on illness to theories of change, there is something here for everybody. Transforming health systems needs ingenuity – and the drive of individuals, the staying power of systems and above all the involvement of patients.
Full of novel ideas and innovative solutions from around the world, all underpinned by qualitative methods and methodologies, this book is a key contribution for advanced students, practitioners and academics interested in health services research, research methods and the sociology of health and illness.
About the author
Frances Rapport is Professor of Health Implementation Science at Macquarie University’s Centre for Healthcare Resilience and Implementation Science and holds an Honorary Chair as Professor of Qualitative Health Research at Swansea University’s Medical School, UK. She currently leads a team of Implementation Scientists examining new models that can successfully underpin the translation of research outcomes into practical solutions to improve healthcare service delivery.
Jeffrey Braithwaite is the Founding Director of the Australian Institute of Health Innovation, Director of the Centre for Healthcare Resilience and Implementation Science; and Professor of Health Systems Research, Faculty of Medicine, Health and Human Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia. He is President Elect of the International Society for Quality in Health Care and a member of multiple groups of the World Health Organisation and the OECD as well as holding visiting professorships and international senior fellowships in six other Universities and think tanks in Europe and Japan.
