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. 2010 Nov;20(11):1459-64.
doi: 10.1177/1049732310379116. Epub 2010 Aug 6.

How different is qualitative health research from qualitative research? Do we have a subdiscipline?

Janice M Morse  1
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How different is qualitative health research from qualitative research? Do we have a subdiscipline?

Janice M Morse. Qual Health Res. 2010 Nov.

Abstract

Here, I compare the content, characteristics of participants, and the methods used in qualitative health research with qualitative inquiry in general. Special problems that occur when conducting research in an institution, with the emotional content when participants are ill, in pain, or dying, will be discussed. What concerns for the investigator, for the researcher as a person, and methodological quandaries occur? The bottom line is: Do we have a subdiscipline? Is there a need for a special forum for those practicing qualitative health/illness research?

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