Barbara Astle

List of Figures, Tables, and Boxes Preface Acknowledgements Chapter 1 Introduction to Research Literacy for Health and Community Practice Chapter 2 What Are Knowledge and Evidence? Chapter 3 How Is Research Framed and Organized, and How Are Ethics Applied? Chapter 4 How Do I Search the Evidence for Practice? Chapter 5 How Do I Approach the Appraisal of a Research Paper? Chapter 6 How Do I Understand and Interpret Qualitative Research Papers?

Although a widely used concept in health care, person-centred care remains somewhat ambiguous. In the field of palliative care, person-centred care is considered a historically distinct ideal and yet there continues to be a dearth of conceptual clarity. Person-centred care is also challenged by the pull of standardization that characterizes much of health service delivery.