Contemporary Research Methods in Pharmacy and Health Services: A Comprehensive Guide

Authored by renowned expert Shane P. Desselle, this book provides a comprehensive overview of emerging methods and best practices in pharmacy research. It serves as a valuable resource for researchers, graduate students, residents, and fellows in the health sciences, offering insights into optimizing health care practices and improving patient outcomes.

Key Features and Applications

This multi-authored volume covers a range of topics, including:

• Designing experiments to address age-old problems in medication adherence, patient experiences, provider-patient relationships, and pharmacogenomics.
• Systems re-engineering to optimize health care practitioners’ roles.
• Examples from pharmacy, health services, and other transcendent medical care areas.
• Key research points, valid and invalid assumptions, pitfalls to avoid, applications, and further inquiry for each topic.

Benefits for Researchers and Health Care Professionals

Contemporary Research Methods in Pharmacy and Health Services offers a wealth of information for:

• Researchers in academia and corporate R&D, particularly in pharmacy but also in health services and other health disciplines.
• Social science researchers and government scientists seeking to improve health care practices and outcomes.
• Graduate students, residents, and fellows looking to advance their knowledge in health sciences research.

Publication Details

Published by Elsevier Science on May 10, 2022, this book is available in English. The ISBNs are 9780323918886 (hardcover) and 9780323914260 (e-book).