Quality of qualitative research in the health sciences: Analysis of the common criteria present in 58 assessment guidelines by expert users

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 148, Issue , 2016, Pages 142-151

  Santiago Delefosse, M ^a   Gavin, A ^a   Bruchez, C ^a   Roux, P ^a   Stephen, S L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Health sciences; Qualitative research assessment; Qualitative research guidelines; Quality criteria; Switzerland

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; GUIDELINE; HEALTH CARE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS;

CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSENSUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDITOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SCIENCE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENT VALIDATION; LINGUISTICS; NURSING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PSYCHIATRY; PSYCHOLOGY; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIOLOGY; SWITZERLAND; UNIVERSITY;

SWITZERLAND;

CONSENSUS; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SWITZERLAND; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 84949657955     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2015.11.007     Document Type: Article

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