Assignment: The Journal Of Law, Medicine & Ethics

Assignment: The Journal Of Law, Medicine & Ethics
Assignment: The Journal Of Law, Medicine & Ethics
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journal of law, medicine & ethics
The Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics,
46 (2018): 238-240
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© 2018 The Author(s)
DOI: 10.1177/1073110518782924
Treatment
Innovation in
Orthopedic
Surgery:
A Case Study
from Hospital for
Special Surgery
Seth A. Waldman,
Joseph R. Schottenfeld,
and Abbe R. Gluck
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journal of law, medicine & ethics
The Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics,
46 (2018): 220-237
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© 2018 The Author(s)
DOI: 10.1177/1073110518782923
Pain and
Addiction in
Specialty and
Primary Care:
The Bookends of
a Crisis
Joseph R. Schottenfeld,
Seth A. Waldman, Abbe R. Gluck,
and Daniel G. Tobin
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It can be seen that the authors are saying that the framework should be there to assist researchers in ensuring that their research projects are coherent and to focus their minds on what the research is trying to achieve. Rathert et al (2012) illustrate this confusion. In the title, the authors suggest they have tested a theoretical framework but then discuss a conceptual model. However, they use
the term ‘conceptual framework’ as a title for its diagrammatic representation. There is no discussion of what these terms mean.
Robson (2002) suggested that a conceptual framework is often developed as a diagram, whereas Parahoo (2006) refers to this as a conceptual model, although again believes that researchers should not get hung up on terminology.
It could be concluded that a diagrammatic representation of a theoretical framework might therefore be termed a theoretical model. It is, however, less likely that one would diagrammatically represent a single theory rather than concepts, which either are being used to build up to a theory or are taken from different theories.
While the confusion around the use of conceptual and theoretical frameworks and models may be understandable, a similar laissez-faire approach to accuracy would not be considered acceptable for other parts of research design. More discussion in textbooks and journal articles about how to use frameworks might allay some of the confusion.