1st Edition

Culture and Meaning in Health Services Research An Applied Approach

By Elisa J Sobo Copyright 2009
336 Pages
by Routledge

336 Pages
by Routledge

336 Pages
by Routledge

Culture and Meaning in Health Services Research is a practical guide to applying interpretive qualitative methods to pressing healthcare delivery problems. A leading medical anthropologist who has spent many years working in applied healthcare settings, Sobo combines sophisticated theoretical insights and methodological rigor with authentic, real-world examples and applications. In addition to... Read more
I: The Value of Meaning; 1: The Journey Ahead: Aims and Means; 2: Why Focus on Stories?; II: The Lay of the Land; 3: Medical Anthropology: An Agenda; 4: Anthropology in and of Health Services; 5: Health Services: An Insider's Guide; 6: The Culture Concept, Cultural Competence, and the Dangers of “Anthro Lite”; III: Methodological Theory and Practice; 7: Doing Science—And Other Systematic Things; 8: Epistemology and Evidence: How Do We Know What We Know?; 9: The Realities of Research: Where and How to Begin; IV: Specific Methods; 10: Refocusing Focus Group Data Collection and Analysis; 11: Making the Most of One-Time Interviews; 12: Collecting Data as; 13: Making Rapid Improvements; V: Power Dynamics: The Politics of Research; 14: Institutional and Other; 15: Framing Our Message: Telling Stories, Making Action

Biography

Elisa J Sobo