Maximizing theoretical contributions of participant observation while managing challenges

Qualitative Health Research

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 1117-1122

  Dahlke, Sherry ^a   Hall, Wendy ^b   Phinney, Alison ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

grounded theory; participant observation; symbolic interaction; vulnerable populations

Indexed keywords

GROUNDED THEORY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PROCEDURES; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

DATA COLLECTION; GROUNDED THEORY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 84937423826     PISSN: 10497323     EISSN: 15527557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049732315578636     Document Type: Article

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