Multiple Perspectives: A Guide to Qualitative Research in Music Therapy - Softcover

Henk Smeijsters

9780962408076: Multiple Perspectives: A Guide to Qualitative Research in Music Therapy

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0962408077 ISBN 13: 9780962408076

Publisher: Barcelona Publishers, 1997

A comprehensive and insightful survey of existing approaches to qualitative research in music therapy. The author begins by comparing qualitative and quantitative paradigms; he then introduces the reader to single-case designs. In the rest of the book, Dr. Smeijsters provides a probing and thoughtful analysis of ten examples of qualitative research, pointing out significant theoretical and methodological issues, while also offering sensitive and personal commentary on each approach. Drawing upon his extensive experience in clinical music therapy research, he gives enormous breadth and depth of perspective to the diversity already evident in the field.

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