Saks and Allsop's Researching Health is a comprehensive introduction to research methods for healthcare students.

Part I: Conducting Health Research
Chapter 1: Introduction to Researching Health - Mike Saks and Judith Allsop
Chapter 2: Principles of Health Research - Judith Allsop and Mike Saks
Chapter 3: Strategies for Health Research - Judith Allsop
Chapter 4: Doing a Literature Review in Health - Kathryn Jones
Part II: Qualitative Methods and Health
Chapter 5: Methods of Sampling in Qualitative Health Research - Lara Maestripieri, Arianna Radin and Elena Spina
Chapter 6: Using Documents in Health Research - Andy Alaszewski
Chapter 7: Unstructured and Semi-structured Interviews in Health Research - Jacqueline Low
Chapter 8: Participant Observation in Health Research - David Hughes
Chapter 9: The Use of Focus Groups in Health Research - Judith Green
Chapter 10: Action Research and Health - Heather Waterman
Chapter 11: Qualitative Data Analysis in Health Research - Miwako Hosoda
Part III: Quantitative Methods and Health
Chapter 12: Methods of Sampling in Quantitative Health Research - Nichola Shackleton, Martin Von Randow and Lara Greaves
Chapter 13: Quantitative Survey Methods in Health Research - Michael Calnan
Chapter 14: Randomized Controlled Trials - George Lewith and Paul Little
Chapter 15: Experimental Methods in Health Research - A. Niroshan Siriwardena
Chapter 16: The Use of Economics in Health Research - Steve Parrott and Alan Maynard
Chapter 17: Quantitative Data Analysis - George Argyrous
Chapter 18: Researching Health Care Management Using Secondary Data - Ian Kirkpatrick and Gianluca Veronesi
Part IV: Issues in Health Research
Chapter 19: Ethics in Health Research - Priscilla Alderson
Chapter 20: Identity and Health Research - Teresa Carvalho and Tiago Correia
Chapter 21: Public Involvement in Health Research - Anneliese Synnot
Chapter 22: Comparative Health Research - Viola Burau
Chapter 23: Interdisciplinary Research in Health Care - Paul Williams and Janet Lum
Chapter 24: Mixed Methods in Health Research - Jonathan Tritter
Chapter 25: Online Research in Health - Denis Anthony
Part V: Applying Health Research
Chapter 26: Health Research: Proposals, Planning and Writing Up - Judith Allsop and Mike Saks
Chapter 27: Disseminating and Evaluating Health Research - Mike Saks and Judith Allsop