Methodological considerations for grounded theory research in critical care settings

Nursing Research

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 188-192

  Happ, Mary Beth ^b   Kagan, Sarah H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Critical care; Grounded theory methods; Intensive care; Naturalistic inquiry

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH;

CRITICAL CARE; HUMANS; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH;

EID: 0035348073     PISSN: 00296562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006199-200105000-00011     Document Type: Article

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