Making use of qualitative research techniques
Journal of General Internal MedicinePublished 1 March 1998Open access
Michael Berkwits, Thomas S. Inui
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How and why busy clinicians might use qualitative techniques to answer questions and solve problems like those in the scenario above is addressed, and techniques from this tradition are used to illustrate the points.
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