Interviewing the moderator: An ancillary method to focus groups

Qualitative Health Research

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 714-725

  Traulsen, Janine Morgall ^a   Almarsdóttir, Anna Birna ^b   Björnsdóttir, Ingunn ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^c Pharmaceutical Society of Iceland   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Focus groups; Iceland; Methodology; Moderator

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; GROUP DYNAMICS; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; ARTICLE; GROUP PROCESS; ICELAND; METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH;

FOCUS GROUPS; GROUP PROCESSES; HUMANS; ICELAND; RESEARCH;

EID: 2942607936     PISSN: 10497323     EISSN: 15527557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049732304263680     Document Type: Review

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