Quality assurance of qualitative research: A review of the discourse

Health Research Policy and Systems

Volumn 9, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Reynolds, Joanna ^a   Kizito, James ^b   Ezumah, Nkoli ^c   Mangesho, Peter ^d   Allen, Elizabeth ^e   Chandler, Clare ^a  

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

^b MULAGO HOSPITAL   (Uganda)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA   (Nigeria)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Tanzania)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Global health; Guidance; Literature review; Meta narrative; Qualitative; Quality; Quality assurance

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DATA BASE; EPISTEMOLOGY; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; METHODOLOGY; NARRATIVE; PUBLICATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; STANDARDIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; STANDARD;

GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY CONTROL;

EID: 83655182302     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14784505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1478-4505-9-43     Document Type: Article

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