Methodological aspects of rigor in qualitative nursing research on families involved in intensive care units: A literature review

Nursing and Health Sciences

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 61-68

  Høye, Sevald ^a,b,d   Severinsson, Elisabeth ^b,c  

^a INLAND NORWAY UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STAVANGER   (Norway)

^c STAVANGER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^d NONE   (Norway)

Author keywords

Family; Literature review; Methodological rigor; Qualitative nursing research; Research based nursing

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; CONFIDENTIALITY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; FAMILY STUDY; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL ETHICS; METHODOLOGY; NURSING RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; STANDARDIZATION; VALIDITY; VOLUNTEER;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CONFIDENTIALITY; DATA COLLECTION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DOCUMENTATION; FAMILY; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH DESIGN; VISITORS TO PATIENTS;

EID: 33846874156     PISSN: 14410745     EISSN: 14422018     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-2018.2007.00300.x     Document Type: Review

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