Emerging Issues and Future Directions

Qualitative Research Methods in Mental Health and Psychotherapy: A Guide for Students and Practitioners

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 243-250

  Harper, David ^a   Thompson, Andrew R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

British social psychology, and qualitative researchers visual methods, issues of embodied subjectivity; Complex ethical issues specific to qualitative research; Emerging issues and future directions; Ethical issues, and service user involvement evidence based practice, and dissemination; Ethical issues, arising in relation to procedural aspects and interpretations, of participants' words; Qualitative research and evidence based practice much to offer, even systematic reviews; Qualitative research, using verbal data participants, from diverse cultural backgrounds; Qualitative researchers, and contact with service user groups models of collaborative work, mental health charities; Service user involvement qualitative methods, more generic and realist in nature

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885988827     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781119973249.ch17     Document Type: Chapter

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