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The value of qualitative research

Nursing StandardPublished 8 September 2004
Liam Clarke
Citations13
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SJR score0.30

TL;DR

It is described how qualitative research can present the patient's experience in a way that quantitative research cannot, but warns against over-reliance on qualitative methods.

Abstract

This article describes the dual nature of nursing research. It describes how qualitative research can present the patient's experience in a way that quantitative research cannot, but warns against over-reliance on qualitative methods. The article critically summarises the ideas of the European philosophers on which qualitative research is based.

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