Qualitative methods: beyond the cookbook
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BACKGROUND: Qualitative methods appear increasingly in vogue in health services research (HSR). Such research, however, has utilized, often uncritically, a 'cookbook' of methods for data collection, and common-sense principles for data analysis. RESULTS AND CONCLUSIONS: This paper argues that qualitative HSR benefits from recognizing and drawing upon theoretical principles underlying qualitative data collection and analysis. A distinction is drawn between problem-orientated and theory-orientated research, in order to illustrate how problem-orientated research would benefit from the introduction of theoretical perspectives in order to develop the knowledge base of health services research.
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- Authors
- Harding, G.
- Affiliations
- University of London (GB)
- Corresponding author
- Harding, G
- Venue
- Family Practice
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press (OUP)
- Published
- 1998-02-01
- Volume
- 15
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 76-79
- ISSN
- 0263-2136 (ISSN-L)
- 1460-2229
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- W2123396212
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- 86
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- 0
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- 21.50
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- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Family Practice (publishedVersion)
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- Topics
- Social Sciences › Education › Qualitative Research Methods and Applications
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Qualitative Research Methods and Ethics
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Focus Groups and Qualitative Methods
- Keywords
- qualitative research, health services research, qualitative data collection, qualitative data analysis, theoretical approaches, methodological quality
- MeSH terms
- Data Collection, United Kingdom, Health Services Research, Humans, Statistics as Topic
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