Focus group interviews as a data collecting strategy

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 187-194

  McLafferty, Isabella ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Data collection; Focus groups; Nursing; Qualitative research

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; EXPERIENCE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; INTERVIEW; LANGUAGE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NURSING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RELIGION; REVIEW; TECHNIQUE;

AGED; AGING; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DATA COLLECTION; FOCUS GROUPS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 4944254066     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2004.03186.x     Document Type: Review

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