Nursing research with refugee clients: A call for more qualitative approaches

International Nursing Review

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 270-275

  Halabi, J O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JORDAN   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Jordan; Middle East; Palestinian; Qualitative Research; Refugees

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARAB; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DIABETES MELLITUS; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERVIEW; JORDAN; LIFE EVENT; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE EAST; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; REFUGEE; STATISTICS; TRUST;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ARABS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DATA COLLECTION; DIABETES MELLITUS; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMAN RIGHTS; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERVIEWS; JORDAN; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MIDDLE EAST; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; REFUGEES; RESEARCH DESIGN; RESEARCH PERSONNEL; TRUST; WOMEN;

EID: 27644579821     PISSN: 00208132     EISSN: 14667657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1466-7657.2005.00440.x     Document Type: Article

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