"Casing" the research case study

Research in Nursing and Health

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 153-159

  Sandelowski, Margarete ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Case study; Case orientation; Methodological research; Variable orientation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; STANDARD; THEORETICAL MODEL;

EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; ORGANIZATIONAL CASE STUDIES; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 79952356217     PISSN: 01606891     EISSN: 1098240X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nur.20421     Document Type: Article

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