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Exemplars of Process-Oriented Qualitative Research in Health Care

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ID2403002
AuthorsArlene M Katz (0000-0001-9157-3012, Harvard Medical School, corresponding author), Elliot G Mishler (Harvard Medical School, corresponding author)
Year2003
Volume3
Issue1
Pages35-56
Publication date2003-04-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueQualitative Research (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1468-7941 • E-ISSN: 1741-3109
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/1468794103003001767
OpenAlexW2019956837
LanguageEN
Citations received8
References cited48

Qualitative and quantitative research approaches reflect different 'world views' and raise different questions for inquiry. In this article, we map several prominent features of the landscape of qualitative research by presenting a range of research exemplars in the fields of medicine and health care that focus on process, that is, on 'What's going on?'. We include studies of: clinical encounters between patients and health care providers; patients' lived experiences in their social and cultural settings; institutional changes in training and practice; and public health care policy. Our approach is intended to show that there are many ways to do qualitative research, with exemplars chosen so as to be relevant to the specific questions asked and to the stance of the researcher. The diversity of topics, approaches and methods represented may help practitioners, educators, and researchers specify, clarify, elaborate and refine their domains of concern, and guide them in choosing appropriate and context-sensitive methods for their own inquiries

Engineering ethics · Focus group · Health care · Political science · Public relations · Qualitative research · Social science · Sociology · Computer Science · Health Policy Implementation Science · Psychology · Qualitative Research Methods and Applications · Qualitative Research Methods and Ethics

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