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P4 Health And Social Care Essay

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Within this report I will be explaining the function of research within health and social care and I will also be comparing the two different research methodologies that are used within health and social care. Then I will be discussing the different ethical issues that can arise when researching in health and social care and in health and social care settings.
Research is the process of collecting and analysing information to be able to provide knowledge to then be able to highlight gaps and identify the needs in society. Also needed to be able to extend knowledge on subjects to then be able to improve practice and then be able to monitor practice. The different purposes of research are to be able to establish the different patterns in the population so they are able to effectively plan for the services provisions. Also research is used to be able to see and review the different patterns of different diseases. Research is also used for quality assurance; this is gathering feedback from service users about the services that they have used and then being able to be used to improve services. …show more content…

There are two different kinds of research that would be used within health and social care, social research method and lab based research. Social research method would be used to investigate and research into people’s emotions, attitudes, and perceptions. This method of research is not scientific and does not lend itself to scientific research at all. Whereas the type of research called lab based research is a scientific method, this research method would be used to research into diseases, illnesses and disorders in a scientific way. (Class PowerPoint- ‘lesson 2 types of research’

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