Getting a PhD in Health and Social Care

Starting out: Introduction;
Influences on approaches to research;
Decisions about the research;
Choice of degree;
Starting the process;
Research supervision;
Going through the process: Writing a proposal;
Access and ethics issues;
The choice of methodology and research methods;
Major issues: From MPhil to PhD;
The monitoring process;
Writing the dissertation or thesis: The introduction;
Review of relevant literature;
The methods section;
The main body of the research;
The examination;
Problems;
Dissemination of the research.