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| Overview of this Book | |
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| Introduction | |
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| An Overview of the Health Sciences Thesis Structure | |
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| Supervision and the Chances of Success | |
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| Student Completion Rates (What are the Odds?) | |
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| Supervision Arrangements | |
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| The Student-Supervisor Dialogue | |
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| Meeting Frequency between Students and Supervisors | |
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| Meeting Purpose and Content | |
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| Preparing Written Work for the Supervisor | |
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| Student Access to Resources | |
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| Managing Student-Supervisor Conflict | |
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| Managing Supervisor-Supervisor Conflict | |
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| General Writing Techniques and Strategies | |
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| Telling Them! The Importance of the Thesis Plan | |
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| Thesis Drafts | |
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| Dealing with Writers Block | |
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| The Writing Environment and Tools | |
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| What to Write With | |
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| Document Safety | |
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| The Psychology of Thesis Writing | |
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| Determining the Scope of the Research Programme and Thesis | |
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| Thesis Size | |
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| Research Programme Scope | |
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| The Introduction and Literature Review | |
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| The Functions of the Thesis Introduction | |
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| Developing the Thesis Rationale | |
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| How to Write a Literature Review | |
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| Evaluation and Critique | |
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| Size of the Introductory Chapter | |
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| Selection of Literature for Inclusion in the Literature Review | |
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| Thesis Aims and Research Questions | |
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| Keeping Your Literature Under Control | |
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| Computer-Assisted Literature Searching | |
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| Searches of Collected Printed Abstracts | |
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| Manual Searching Methods | |
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| Consulting Other Experts | |
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| Suggested Order of the Different Types of Searches | |
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| Organisation and Filing of Literature Materials | |
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| The Scope of Literature Collections | |
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| Bibliographic Software | |
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| The Thesis Methodology | |
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| Research Participants/Subjects | |
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| Research Tools | |
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| Protocols and Procedures | |
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| The Methodological Defence | |
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| Ethics Procedures | |
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| Ethical Principles | |
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| Common Questions Encountered in Ethical Clearance Procedures | |
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| Informed Consent | |
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| Ethics Records | |
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| Writing the Thesis Results and Discussion | |
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| The Organisation of the Presentation of Results and Discussion Chapters | |
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| Presentation Design Principles for the Results Section of Theses | |
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| The Thesis Conclusion | |
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| Summary of the Outcomes of the Literature Review | |
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| Major Findings of the Thesis and how they Integrate with Previous Work | |
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| Strengths and Limitations of the Research | |
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| Future Avenues of Research | |
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| The Process of Writing the Concluding Chapter | |
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| The Thesis Abstract | |
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| The Function of the Abstract | |
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| How to Write the Abstract | |
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| The Final Production of the Thesis | |
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| The Thesis Structure | |
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| Preparation and Production of Figures | |
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| Duplication and Printing of the Thesis | |
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| Proofreading | |
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| The Final Hard-Bound Copies | |
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| The Examination of the Thesis | |
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| The Submission and Examination Process | |
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| Typical Format of a Thesis Examination | |
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| Examination Reports | |
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| Some Observations on the Selection of Thesis Examiners | |
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| Reconciliation of Examiners Reports | |
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| How to Deal with Revisions | |
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| Publications and the Thesis | |
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| Academic Authorship Conventions | |
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| When Should Publication from the Thesis Occur? Conference Presentations | |
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| Journal Publications | |
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| Book Chapters and Monographs | |
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| Publication in the Popular Press | |
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| The Last Word | |
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| References | |
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| Annotated Thesis Writing and Research Bibliography | |
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| Appendix: Thesis Preparation Checklist | |
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| Index | |