Qualitative research and its uses in health care

Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 11-19

  Al Busaidi, Zakiya Q ^a  

^a SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Oman)

Author keywords

Ethnography; Focus groups; Health care; Interviews; Phenomenology; Qualitative research; Semi structured

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875013299     PISSN: 2075051X     EISSN: 20750528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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