The family resemblance metaphor: Some unfinished business of interpretive inquiry

Qualitative Health Research

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 440-451

  Miller, Steven I ^a,b   Fredericks, Marcel ^b,c  

^a 249 UCB   (United States)

^b LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

^c Office of Medical Sociology

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COGNITION; CULTURAL FACTOR; FAMILY SIZE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; PERCEPTION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; THEORETICAL MODEL;

COGNITION; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; DATA COLLECTION; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 0034220738     PISSN: 10497323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/104973200129118561     Document Type: Article

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