The process of conducting qualitative grounded theory research for a doctoral thesis: Experiences and reflections

Qualitative Report

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 719-734

  Soklaridis, Sophie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

Author keywords

Focus groups; Grounded theory; Interviews; Qualitative research; Research process

Indexed keywords

EID: 70849108214     PISSN: 10520147     EISSN: 21603715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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