Qualitative Methods and Theory in Addictions Research

Addiction Research Methods

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 59-78

  Rhodes, Tim ^a   Coomber, Ross ^b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

'evidence based' policy approaches; Addictions research, on understanding drug use in relation to individual level factors; Deduction, offering theory before observation; Interpretivism, having its roots in symbolic interactionism; Key distinction between research paradigms, 'positivist' and 'interpretivist'.; Methods of 'data generation' than 'data collection'; Qualitative methods exploring social basis of drug use and addictions; Qualitative methods and theory in Addictions research; Qualitative research on drug use and addiction; Visual data in qualitative research

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649330988     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781444318852.ch5     Document Type: Chapter

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