Quality in Qualitative Health Research

Qualitative Research in Health Care: Third Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 82-101

  Mays, Nicholas ^a   Pope, Catherine ^b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anti realist; Health research; Subtle realism; Triangulation; Validation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889956689     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470750841.ch8     Document Type: Chapter

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