Janice M. Morse

Peggy Anne Field

Extensively revised and updated, this text considers the types of problems in nursing research that can be tackled by qualitative approaches, and focuses on the schools of thought to which these relate: phenomenology, ethnography and grounded theory. It then addresses the principles of carrying out research and collecting and analyzing data, and concludes with an expanded section on how to report the research findings more effectively.

The Application of Qualitative Approaches

Nursing Research

Eight papers demonstrate the types of studies that may be conducted by nurse-anthropologists and indicate how anthropologists with a background in nursing may make unique contributions to medical anthropology. The papers examine health issues of the Cree and Ojibway Indians, and Haitian and Cuban immigrants to North America, among other subjects. Acidic paper. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Anthropological Approaches to Nursing Research

Cross-cultural Nursing

Kathy Charmaz

Barbara Bowers

Adele E. Clarke

Phyllis Noerager Stern

Juliet Corbin

Grounded theory is the most popular genre of qualitative research used in the health professions and is widely used elsewhere in the research world. In this volume, six key grounded theory methodologists examine the history, principles, and practices of this method, highlighting areas in which different strands of the methods diverge. Chapters cover the work of Anselm Strauss, Barney Glaser, Leonard Schatzman, and the postmodern and constructivist schools. Dialogues between the participants sharpen the debate and show key topics of agreement and disagreement. This volume will be ideal for courses on grounded theory that wish to show the ways in which it can be used in research studies.

The Second Generation

Developing Grounded Theory

Barbara J. Bowers

Caroline Jane Porr

Developing Grounded Theory: The Second Generation Revisited is a highly accessible description of the rapid development of grounded theories and the latest developments in grounded theory methods. A succinct overview of the development of grounded theory is provided, including the similarities and differences between Glaserian and Straussian grounded theory. The method introduced by Schatzman, and the development of Charmaz’s constructivist grounded theory and Clarke’s situational analysis, are clearly presented. The book is divided into seven sections: each type of grounded theory is discussed by the developer (or their student), followed by a chapter describing a project that used that particular type of grounded theory. Bookending these chapters is the first chapter, which describes the development and landscape of grounded theory, and a final chapter describing the challenges to the future of grounded theory. This book is ideally suited for beginning students trying to come to grips with the field as well as more advanced researchers attempting to delineate the major types of grounded theory.

The Second Generation Revisited

Janice Swanson

Anton J. Kuzel

What constitutes qualitative evidence? This book will break new ground by providing urgently needed standards for qualitative inquiry and tackle the significant issues of what constitutes qualitative evidence. In particular, this book will address the place of qualitative evidence in the planning delivery, and evaluation of health care. The authors first examine the status of qualitative research as evidence versus as "opinion." They then examine such topics as: who decides what counts as evidence, the nature of outcomes, how to evaluate qualitative evidence, constructing evidence within the qualitative project, and research utilization and qualitative research. They conclude with perspectives on the issue of standards for qualitative investigation.

The Nature of Qualitative Evidence

Phyllis Noerager Stern, DNS, Faan, Nap

Professor of Sociology Chair and Adjunct Professor of History of Health Sciences Adele E Clarke

Helen McKinnon Doan

Every Girl

Lyn Richards

The Third Edition of this README FIRST for a User’s Guide to Qualitative Methods offers those new to qualitative inquiry a clear and practical handbook to doing qualitative research, the fit of questions to methods, and the tasks of getting started. In their direct and friendly style, Lyn Richards and Janice Morse help researchers reflect on why they are working qualitatively, choose an appropriate method, and confidently approach research design, data making, coding, analyzing and finally writing up their results.

README FIRST for a User's Guide to Qualitative Methods

Janice M. Morse

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