Sally Thorne

Interpretive Description

Qualitative Research for Applied Practice

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This new, third edition of Interpretive Description: Qualitative Research for Applied Practice takes the reader through the qualitative research process. It retains the clear, straightforward guidance for researchers and students in health, social service, mental health, and related fields that made previous editions so popular.

Produktdetails

• Developing Qualitative Inquiry
• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• 3 ed
• Seitenzahl: 356
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. Juni 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 528g
• ISBN-13: 9781032822181
• ISBN-10: 103282218X
• Artikelnr.: 72656406

Autorenporträt

Sally Thorne is a Professor Emeritus in the School of Nursing at the University of British Columbia, Canada. She is editor-in-chief of the journal Nursing Inquiry.

Inhaltsangabe

PART I: INTERPRETIVE DESCRIPTION IN CONCEPT 1. Qualitative Research in the
Applied Disciplines 2. Cultivating Questions in the Applied Practice Field
3. Scaffolding a Study 4. Framing a Study Design 5. Strategizing a Credible
Study PART II: INTERPRETIVE DESCRIPTION IN ACTION 6. Entering the Field 7.
Constructing and Managing Data 8. Working With Data 9. Transforming Your
Data 10. Writing Findings PART III: INTERPRETIVE DESCRIPTION IN CONTEXT
11. Interpreting Meanings 12. Enhancing Credibility 13. Disseminating
Findings 14. Advancing Evidence with Interpretive Description 15.
Interpretive Description in Mixed Methods Research 16. Aggregating,
Synthesizing, and Building Knowledge 17. Knowledge in Action 18.
Post-Script: Looking Forward with Optimism