Focussing on online research, this text shows readers how to access and interpret public health data.

This new volume in the Social Thinkers series serves as an introduction to the life, work, and ideas of Erving Goffman.

This book visually presents quantitative, qualitative, and mixed methods research designs in a way that students and researchers can readily understand and accurately apply in their own investigations.

Providing readers with an introduction to how to conduct a research synthesis of literature, this Fifth Edition has new material on the use of the internet and other new developments in technology, including new statistics for describing meta-analytic results

This book offers school counselors an effective and efficient approach to helping students through the use of Solution-Focused Brief Counseling (SFBC).

As well as using concept maps, mind maps and other visual techniques used to consider theory-based inquiry, this text combines an exploration of the core elements of 'theory' with relevant theoretical examples drawn from biology, psychology, sociology, critical traditions, and integrative efforts.

Organized around the progressive developmental stages - from childhood through to older age, the authors identify, chapter by chapter, the issues which counseling interventions can address at each developmental stage.

This book shows that effectively managing in three dimensions means understanding the distinction between organizational management and the management of policy formulation and implementation

The authors outline the historical and emerging trends in the field of medical social work, from end-of-life and palliative care to the role of the social worker and health disparities.

This book equips students, managers, and executives with the strategies and tools to address common communication problems experienced in organisations, with the goal of learning how to add value to their organisations by communicating more effectively.