Critical reflections on the rise of qualitative research

Concepts

Social SciencesPublic Health PracticeHealth Services ResearchCase Study ResearchEthnographic ResearchInterpretive MethodologyParticipant ObservationQualitative Research AppraisalQualitative Research MethodsCase Study MethodologyQualitative Data CollectionQualitative InterviewingQualitative Research WritingQualitative RigourReflexivity In Interviewing

Abstract

Sixteen years ago <b>Catherine Pope</b> and <b>Nicholas Mays</b> were arguing for greater use of qualitative techniques in health research. Now they are concerned that the methods aren’t always used appropriately

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