Book description
This book fills an important niche in the market providing practical
expert advice on service user (patients, carers and the public)
involvement in nursing and healthcare research. An invaluable guide
for anyone working or involved in nursing and healthcare research, this
book provides a step-by-step guide to the principles and process of
involvement, including understanding the rationale for involvement,
designing involvement, working with service users, and evaluating what
has been achieved.
With illustrations, worked examples and tool sheets throughout, this
evidence-based guide uses real life examples from recent research
studies in health and social care research, thus relating theory to
practice in a meaningful way. The Handbook of Service User
Involvement in Nursing & Healthcare Research introduces a
wide range of key issues, including:
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Why? Why should researchers involve service users?
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How? How can researchers and service users work
together successfully and productively?
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Who? Who chooses to become involved in research?
How are issues of representation and diversity addressed?
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When? At what stage should service users be
involved in the research process?
