An overview of qualitative research

Pharmaceutical Journal

Volumn 278, Issue 7443, 2007, Pages 312-314

  Kairuz, Therése ^a   Crump, Keith ^b   O'Brien, Anthony ^c  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b WAITEMATA DISTRICT HEALTH BOARD   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; DATA ANALYSIS; EXTERNAL VALIDITY; GROUNDED THEORY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PHARMACIST; PHARMACY; PHARMACY STUDENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RELIABILITY; RESEARCH ETHICS; REVIEW;

EID: 33947605783     PISSN: 00316873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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