Close encounters: Exemplars of process-oriented qualitative research in health care

Qualitative Research

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 35-56

  Katz, Arlene M ^a   Mishler, Elliot G ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

clinical encounters; community; illness; medical education; public health; qualitative research; social and cultural contexts

Indexed keywords

EID: 85004387276     PISSN: 14687941     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1468794103003001767     Document Type: Article

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