Applying the Pictor technique to research interviews with people affected by advanced disease

Nurse Researcher

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 6-10

  Hardy, Beth ^a   King, Nigel ^a   Firth, Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HUDDERSFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Advanced disease; Interviews; Palliative care; Pictor; Qualitative methods

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL NURSING RESEARCH; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; METHODOLOGY; NURSING; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL NURSING RESEARCH; COMMUNICATION; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PALLIATIVE CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

EID: 84868219897     PISSN: 13515578     EISSN: 20478992     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.7748/nr2012.09.20.1.6.c9302     Document Type: Article

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