Rigour in qualitative case-study research

Nurse Researcher

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 12-17

  Houghton, C ^a   Casey, D ^a   Shaw, D ^b   Murphy, K ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Multiple case study research; Rigour

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; METHODOLOGY; NURSING RESEARCH; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; STANDARD;

NURSING RESEARCH; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84876580161     PISSN: 13515578     EISSN: 20478992     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.7748/nr2013.03.20.4.12.e326     Document Type: Article

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