Malcolm Crowe & John Atkinson 
Interdisciplinary Research [PDF ebook] 
Diverse Approaches in Science, Technology, Health and Society

Contributors.
Preface.
1. Research Today (Professor Malcolm Crowe, University of
Paisley).
2. Studying Complexity (Professor Ian Boyd: University of St
Andrews).
3. A Sustainable Environment? A ‘Lopsided View’ of
an Environmental Geochemist (Professor Andrew S Hursthouse,
University of Paisley).
4. Use and Abuse of Statisticians (Mr Mario Hair, Statistics
Consultancy Unit, University of Paisley).
5. Research in Information Systems – Mine and my
Colleagues (Dr Abel Usoro, University of Paisley).
6. Hearing Lips and Seeing Voices: Illusion and Serendipity in
Auditory-Visual Perception Research (Professor John Mac Donald,
Professor of Psychology, Division of Psychology, University of
Paisley).
7. Research in Modern History (Professor Martin Myant,
University of Paisley).
8. ‘Scientificity’ and its Alternatives: Aspects of
Philosophy and Methodology within Media and Cultural Studies
Research (Professor Neil Blain, University of Paisley).
9. The Truth as Personal Documentation: An Anthropological
Narrative of Hospital Portering (Nigel Rapport, Concordia
University of Montreal).
10. Philosophy, Nursing and the Nature of Evidence (Professor P
Anne Scott, School of Nursing, Dublin City University).
11. Researching the Spiritual: Outcome or Process (Dr Harriet
Mowat and Professor John Swinton, University of Paisley).
12. Using Narrative in Care and Research – the
Patient’s Journey (Professor John Atkinson, University of
Paisley).
Index.

Edited by John Atkinson, Associate Dean, University of
Paisley, UK and
Professor Malcolm Crowe, Associate Dean, University
of Paisley, UK