Toward methodological emancipation in applied health research

Qualitative Health Research

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 443-453

  Thorne, Sally ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

discipline subdiscipline; epistemology; knowledge construction; qualitative; research; research design

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMEDICINE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; METHODOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE DISCIPLINES; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 79953123168     PISSN: 10497323     EISSN: 15527557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049732310392595     Document Type: Article

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