Qualitative research: An introduction to reading and appraising qualitative research

BMJ

Volumn 337, Issue 7666, 2008, Pages 404-407

  Kuper, Ayelet ^a   Reeves, Scott ^b   Levinson, Wendy ^a  

^a SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; EVALUATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; KNOWLEDGE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; COMPREHENSION; READING; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

COMPREHENSION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; READING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 50049103675     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.a288     Document Type: Article

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