Ethnographic evidence: The value of applied ethnography in healthcare

Journal of Research in Nursing

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 383-393

  Savage, Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

context; ethnography; evidence; evidence based healthcare; qualitative research

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; ETHNOGRAPHY; HUMAN; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 84990361314     PISSN: 17449871     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1744987106068297     Document Type: Article

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