Enhancing rigour in qualitative health research: Exploring subjectivity through Peshkin's I's

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 290-298

  Bradbury Jones, Caroline ^a  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Credibility; Nursing students; Peshkin; Qualitative approaches; Reflexivity; Research journal; Research methods; Rigour; Subjectivity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; METHODOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD;

QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 34547330058     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2007.04306.x     Document Type: Article

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