An online forum as a qualitative research method: Practical issues

Nursing Research

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 267-273

  Im, Eun Ok ^a,c   Chee, Wonshik ^b  

^a Center for Gerontological Nursing   (United States)

^b The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer patients; Issues; Online forums; Qualitative research

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPUTER SECURITY; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERNET; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NEOPLASM; PAIN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REPRODUCIBILITY; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; COMPUTER SECURITY; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; NEOPLASMS; PAIN; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33747164794     PISSN: 00296562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006199-200607000-00007     Document Type: Article

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