The role of qualitative methods in designing health care organizations

Environment and Behavior

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 191-204

  Johnson, Julie K ^a   Barach, Paul ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Focus groups; Hospital design; Observations; Process mapping; Qualitative methods

Indexed keywords

DESIGN; HEALTH CARE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS;

EID: 39149087092     PISSN: 00139165     EISSN: 1552390X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0013916507311547     Document Type: Article

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