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Reading and assessing qualitative research
Alison E Powell 1, Huw TO Davies 2
Affiliations
Article Info
1 Department of Management, University of St Andrews, St Andrews, Fife KY16 9AL and
2 Department of Management, University of St Andrews, St Andrews, Fife KY16 9AL
Abstract
What makes doctors burn out? What is it like to have epilepsy? Why do smokers not give up? Qualitative research makes it possible to look behind the statistics and to study health and health care from the inside: to find out what it is really like for the health professionals who provide the care and for the patients on the receiving end.