The push for evidence-based practice has increased the demand for high-quality occupational science and occupational therapy research from conceptualisation of the study through to publication. This invaluable collection explores how to produce rigorous qualitative research by presenting and discussing a range of methodologies and methods that can be used in the fields of occupational science and therapy. Each chapter, written by an experienced researcher in the relevant methodology, includes examples of research, foundational knowledge and therapeutic applications. Including new and cutting-edge methodologies, the book covers: Qualitative Descriptive Grounded Theory Phenomenology NarrativeEthnography Action Research Case StudyCritical Discourse Analysis Visual MethodologiesMetasynthesisAppreciative InquiryCritical Theory and Philosophy Designed for occupational science and occupational therapy researchers, this book develops the reader's ability to produce and critique high quality qualitative research that is epistemologically sound and rigorous.

First Published in 1996. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.