Qualitative research in health care / edited by Immy Holloway.
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TextPublication details: Maidenhead, England : Open University Press, c2005.Description: xviii, 300 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN: - 0335212948 (hb)
- 9780335212941 (hb)
- 9780335212934 (pb)
- 033521293X (pb)
- RA440.85.Q35 2005
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
CONTENTS
Introduction: Aim and readership
Part 1: Starting out
1. MARK AVIS
Is there an epistemology for qualitative research? --
2. RON IPHOFEN
Ethical issues in qualitative health research --
Part 2: Collecting data
3. M. CLARE TAYLOR
Interviewing --
4. JENNY KITZINGER
Focus group research: using group dynamics to explore perceptions, experiences and understandings --
5. STEPHEN WALLACE
Observing method: recognizing the significance of belief, discipline, position and documentation in observational studies --
Part 3: Choosing an approach
6. IMMY HOLLOWAY AND LES TODRES
The status of method: flexibility, consistency and coherence --
7. LES TODRES
Clarifying the life-world: descriptive phenomenology --
8. FRANCES RAPPORT
Hermeneutic phenomenology: the science of interpretation of texts --
9. ROSALIND BLUFF
Grounded theory: the methodology --
10. SIOBHAN SHARKEY AND JOHN AGGERAARD LARSEN
Ethnographic exploration: participation and meaning in everyday life --
11. ANDREW C. SPARKES
Narrative analysis: exploring the whats and hows of personal stories --
12. DAWN FRESHWATER
Action research for changing and improving practice --
13. KATHLEEN GALVIN
Navigating a qualitative course in programme evaluation --
14. DEBBIE KRALIK
Engaging feminist thought in research: a participatory approach --
15. IMMY HOLLOWAY
Qualitative writing
Conclusion: after completion
This edited text on qualitative research methods in health is aimed at a multi-professional, multi-disciplinary audience. It explains qualitative methods applied specifically to health care research and draws extensively on European examples.
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