Two relatively new blood tests may help diagnose irritable bowel syndrome. One test is for irritable bowel syndrome with diarrhea , and the other is for irritable bowel syndrome with both diarrhea and constipation (irritable bowel syndrome mixed IBS-M). Neither test is able to diagnose irritable bowel syndrome with constipation (IBS-C).
case study-a detailed analysis of a person or group from a social or psychological or medical point of view. analysis-an investigation of the component parts of a whole and their relations in making up the whole.
Case study as a research method is often indexed in most undergraduate research textbooks as neither quantitative nor qualitative. Little attention is paid to the usefulness of this method, with an average of two pages devoted to this research approach (Burns & Grove, 1999). This chapter will provide a step-by-step guide to this research method. The goal of this chapter is to translate this step-wise approach into a âcurriculumâ for teaching case study method. In Preparation Case study method is indexed in many introductory research textbooks and is often taught in qualitative research methods courses that discuss a variety of methods.