How theory is used and articulated in qualitative research: Development of a new typology

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 120, Issue , 2014, Pages 135-141

  Bradbury Jones, Caroline ^a   Taylor, Julie ^b   Herber, Oliver ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Qualitative; Research; Research design; Social science; Theory; Typology

Indexed keywords

QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESEARCH METHOD; SOCIAL THEORY; THEORETICAL STUDY; TYPOLOGY;

APPLIED RESEARCH; ARTICLE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; GROUNDED THEORY; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; OREM SELF CARE MODEL; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; PUBLICATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY CONTROL; STUDY DESIGN; THEORY; THEORY CONSTRUCTION; THEORY VALIDATION; SOCIOLOGY; THEORETICAL MODEL;

HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

EID: 84907535292     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2014.09.014     Document Type: Article

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