Distinguishing Features and Similarities Between Descriptive Phenomenological and Qualitative Description Research

Western Journal of Nursing Research

Volumn 38, Issue 9, 2016, Pages 1185-1204

  Willis, Danny G ^a   Sullivan Bolyai, Susan ^b   Knafl, Kathleen ^c   Cohen, Marlene Z ^d  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

phenomenology; qualitative methods

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NURSING; PHENOMENOLOGY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SCIENTIST; STUDENT; METHODOLOGY; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH;

HUMANS; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 84981709124     PISSN: 01939459     EISSN: 15528456     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0193945916645499     Document Type: Article

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