Fair publication of qualitative research in health systems: A call by health policy and systems researchers

International Journal for Equity in Health

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Daniels, Karen ^a,b   Loewenson, Rene ^c   George, Asha ^d,e   Howard, Natasha ^f   Koleva, Gergana ^g   Lewin, Simon ^a,h   Marchal, Bruno ⁱ   Nambiar, Devaki ^j   Paina, Ligia ^e   Sacks, Emma ^k,l   Sheikh, Kabir ^m   Tetui, Moses ^n,o   Theobald, Sally ^p,q   Topp, Stephanie M ^r   Zwi, Anthony B ^s  

^a SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c Training and Research Support Centre Harare   (Zimbabwe)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

^g Patient Experience Researcher and Advocate for Patient and Public Involvement   (Bulgaria)

^h NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

ⁱ INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^j Independent Public Health Researcher   (India)

^k JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^l ICF INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^m PUBLIC HEALTH FOUNDATION OF INDIA   (India)

ⁿ MAKERERE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Uganda)

^o UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^p LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^q INSTITUTE OF DEVELOPMENT STUDIES   (United Kingdom)

^r JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^s UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH POLICY AND SYSTEMS RESEARCHER; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SERVICE DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; NOTE; PARTICIPATORY ACTION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RESEARCH; SOCIAL ATTITUDE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH; SOCIOLOGY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; PERSONNEL; PUBLISHING; TRENDS;

HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; PUBLISHING; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RESEARCH PERSONNEL;

EID: 84978208257     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14759276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12939-016-0368-y     Document Type: Note

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