Putting it in context: The use of vignettes in qualitative interviewing

Qualitative Research

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 175-198

  Jenkins, Nicholas ^a   Bloor, Michael ^b   Fischer, Jan ^c   Berney, Lee ^d   Neale, Joanne ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^d ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ethnomethodology; Longitudinal interviewing; Phenomenology; Substance misuse; Vignettes

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950682416     PISSN: 14687941     EISSN: 17413109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1468794109356737     Document Type: Article

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