What is quality in qualitative health research?

Evidence-Based Nursing

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-

  Seers, Kate ^a   Toye, Francine ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b NUFFIELD ORTHOPAEDIC CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDITORIAL; MEDICAL RESEARCH; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; STANDARD;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

EID: 84857382063     PISSN: 13676539     EISSN: 14689618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ebn.2011.100268     Document Type: Editorial

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