Nursing Research: A Qualitative PerspectivePatricia L. Munhall Twenty-five chapters describe the methods of and principles underlying qualitative research as it is applied to the field of nursing. Examples of various methods are provided, including phenomenology, grounded theory, ethnography, case study, historical research, interpretive analysis, and active re |
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LANGUAGE AND Nursing Research | 3 |
EPISTEMOLOGY IN NURSING | 37 |
PHILOSOPHICAL FOUNDATIONS OF QUALITATIVE RESEARCH | 65 |
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