Correlating facts or interpreting meaning: Two different epistemological projects within medical research

Scandinavian Journal of Occupational Therapy

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 68-75

  Karlsson, Gunnar ^a   Tham, Kerstin ^b  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Empirical phenomenology; Epistemology; Hermeneutics; Meaning interpretation; Phenomenology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EPISTEMOLOGY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PHENOMENOLOGY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 33745098360     PISSN: 11038128     EISSN: 16512014     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11038120600772965     Document Type: Article

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