Choose your method: A comparison of phenomenology, discourse analysis, and grounded theory

Qualitative Health Research

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1372-1380

  Starks, Helene ^a   Trinidad, Susan Brown ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Discourse analysis; Grounded theory; Phenomenology; Qualitative methods

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CODING; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONSULTATION; DECISION MAKING; DISCOURSE ANALYSIS; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; GOAL ATTAINMENT; GROUNDED THEORY; HISTORY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE ABILITY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PHENOMENOLOGY; PHILOSOPHY; POLITICAL PARTICIPATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL STRUCTURE; TECHNIQUE; UNCERTAINTY;

DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PHILOSOPHY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 36248973566     PISSN: 10497323     EISSN: 15527557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049732307307031     Document Type: Article

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