Qualitative Research in Health: An Introduction - Hardcover

Grbich, Carol

 
9780761961031: Qualitative Research in Health: An Introduction

Synopsis

A practical introduction to the main theories and methods of qualitative research for the health sciences is offered in this book. It covers the full range of conventional and new qualitative methods including ethnography, phenomenology, grounded theory, biography, action research, historical research, discourse analysis and postmodern, poststructuralist and femininst approaches to research.

Carol Grbich shows that qualitative methods need to be followed just as rigorously as quantitative methods, providing examples drawn from various health fields.

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A practical introduction to the main theories and methods of qualitative research for the health sciences is offered in this book. It covers the full range of conventional and new qualitative methods including ethnography, phenomenology, grounded theory, biography, action research, historical research, discourse analysis and postmodern, poststructuralist and femininst approaches to research.

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About the Author

Carol Grbich is in the Faculty of Health Sciences, The Flinders University of South Australia.

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Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd, 1998
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