PUBLICATIONS
- RESEARCH DESIGN AND STATS
Sources of Research Information
There are numerous resources available to life care planners,
but professionals need to know where information exists and
how it may be accessed.
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Peer Reviewed Journals
Peer-reviewed journals accept submissions based upon a “blind” critique
of the contributor’s article. In a sense, the peer
review process serves as a quality control measure to minimize
the distribution of misinformation based upon poorly designed
research or theoretical assertions. Peer reviewers are typically
experts in a specified field of practice charged with the
responsibility of evaluating the scientific merit of a paper
or research report.
For this reason, life care planners should rely primarily
upon information appearing in peer-reviewed journals. This
is not to say that the findings are “correct,” or
that the studies included in these publications are as well-designed
as they could be. Simply, in order to have been included
in the journal, the article was subjected to a review of
peers within the field.
There are many valuable journals and, depending upon a professional’s
background and issues specific to individual patients, some
publications may be of greater use than others. The following
journals are suggested resources:
Journals of Rehabilitation and Psychology:
Rehabilitation Counseling Bulletin
Journal of Applied Rehabilitation Counseling
Rehabilitation Psychology
Journal of Rehabilitation Administration
Journal of Vocational Rehabilitation
Vocational Evaluation and Work Adjustment Bulletin
Journal of Job Placement and Development
Work
Journal of Counseling and Development
Journal of Counseling Psychology
Measurement and Education in Counseling and Development
Journal of Disability Policy and Studies
Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis
Psychological Bulletin
Teaching Exceptional Children
Journal of Life Care Planning
RehabManagement
Journal of Rehabilitation Research and Development
The Case Manager
The Rehabilitation Professional
Psychosomatics
Psychology, Public Policy, and Law
Journals of Medicine and Allied Health:
Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Journal of the American Medical Association
Topics in Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation
British Medical Journal
Annals of Long-Term Care
Home Health Care Consultant
Spine
Rehabilitation Nursing
Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation
Brain
Neurology
American Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Pain
The Clinical Journal of Pain
Spinal Cord
American Journal of Occupational Therapy
SCI Nursing
Journal of Pediatrics
Physical Therapy
Respiratory Research
Health Psychology
Journal of Prosthetics and Orthotics
Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine
Ear & Hearing
Journal of Occupational Medicine
Journal of Physical Therapy Science
Journal of Neurorehabilitation
Locating Journals of Interest
In most cases, life care planners will need to access peer-reviewed
journals through the nearest university library. Journals
are typically located in the reference section of the library
and cannot be borrowed for long-term use, so most volumes
will be available for review and photocopying. Most library
systems allow members of the community to utilize reference
sources, though some may require an identification badge
or security check.
Many publishers have begun to transmit issues electronically
or provide website access for those who subscribe to the
journal. Subscriptions vary widely in cost, beginning at
approximately $25 per year and escalating into the hundreds
of dollars per year. In some cases, a journal subscription
is included as a benefit of association membership. For example,
a subscription to the Journal of Life Care Planning is
included in the annual membership fee of the International
Association of Life Care Planners.
Many journals provide the table of contents and/or the abstracts
for articles appearing in recent issues. There are also journals
providing full text of articles free of charge, or at a nominal
fee, online. Networking with other planners and practitioners,
attending seminars and continuing education workshops, and
joining professional listserve discussion groups may provide
additional sources of useful information.
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