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dc.contributor.authorCornish, Floraen_UK
dc.contributor.authorGillespie, Alexen_UK
dc.date.accessioned2013-06-08T21:27:50Z-
dc.date.available2013-06-08T21:27:50Z-
dc.date.issued2009-09en_UK
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1893/2453-
dc.description.abstractThe multiplicity of forms of health-related knowledge, including biomedical knowledge, lay knowledge, and critical constructionist knowledge, raises challenges for health researchers. On one hand, there is a demand for a pluralist acceptance of the variety of health-related knowledge. On the other, the need to improve health calls for action, and thus for choices between opposing forms of knowledge. The present article proposes a pragmatist approach to this epistemological problem. According to pragmatism, knowledge is a tool for action and as such it should be evaluated according to whether it serves the desired interests. We identify implications for research methodology and the choice of research goals.en_UK
dc.language.isoenen_UK
dc.publisherSAGE Publicationsen_UK
dc.relationCornish F & Gillespie A (2009) A pragmatist approach to the problem of knowledge in health psychology. Journal of Health Psychology, 14 (6), pp. 800-809. https://doi.org/10.1177/1359105309338974en_UK
dc.rightsPublished in Journal of Health Psychology. Copyright: SAGE Publications.; The final, definitive version of this article has been published in the Journal, Journal of Health Psychology, Volume 14, Issue 6, 2009, © SAGE Publications, Inc., 2009 by SAGE Publications, Inc. at the Journal of Health Psychology page: http://hpq.sagepub.com/ on SAGE Journals Online: http://online.sagepub.com/en_UK
dc.subjectPragmatismen_UK
dc.subjectMethodologyen_UK
dc.titleA pragmatist approach to the problem of knowledge in health psychologyen_UK
dc.typeJournal Articleen_UK
dc.identifier.doi10.1177/1359105309338974en_UK
dc.citation.jtitleJournal of Health Psychologyen_UK
dc.citation.issn1461-7277en_UK
dc.citation.issn1359-1053en_UK
dc.citation.volume14en_UK
dc.citation.issue6en_UK
dc.citation.spage800en_UK
dc.citation.epage809en_UK
dc.citation.publicationstatusPublisheden_UK
dc.citation.peerreviewedRefereeden_UK
dc.type.statusAM - Accepted Manuscripten_UK
dc.author.emailalex.gillespie@stir.ac.uken_UK
dc.contributor.affiliationGlasgow Caledonian Universityen_UK
dc.contributor.affiliationPsychologyen_UK
dc.identifier.isiWOS:000268972500010en_UK
dc.identifier.scopusid2-s2.0-69049120291en_UK
dc.identifier.wtid811567en_UK
dcterms.dateAccepted2009-09-30en_UK
dc.date.filedepositdate2010-10-11en_UK
rioxxterms.typeJournal Article/Reviewen_UK
rioxxterms.versionAMen_UK
local.rioxx.authorCornish, Flora|en_UK
local.rioxx.authorGillespie, Alex|en_UK
local.rioxx.projectInternal Project|University of Stirling|https://isni.org/isni/0000000122484331en_UK
local.rioxx.freetoreaddate2010-10-11en_UK
local.rioxx.licencehttp://www.rioxx.net/licenses/all-rights-reserved|2010-10-11|en_UK
local.rioxx.filenameA pragmatist approach for health psychology - anonymised v2.pdfen_UK
local.rioxx.filecount1en_UK
local.rioxx.source1359-1053en_UK
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