Explicit guidelines for qualitative research: A step in the right direction, a defence of the 'soft' option, or a form of sociological imperialism?

Family Practice

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 556-561

  Chapple, Alison ^a   Rogers, Anne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Guidelines; Qualitative research; Theory; Validity

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOLOGY; ARTICLE; BOOK; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; MEDICAL PRACTICE; METHODOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; PUBLISHING; SOCIOLOGY; TRAINING; WRITING;

ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FOCUS GROUPS; GUIDELINES; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH DESIGN; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SOFTWARE;

EID: 0032447889     PISSN: 02632136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/fampra/15.6.556     Document Type: Article

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