Toward a Culture of Qualitative Thinking in Health Services Research

The review done by Hoff and Witt (2000) a decade ago and the one published here by Weiner, Amick, Lund, Lee, & Hoff (2011) both reveal the same dilemma: "Thinking qualitatively" has not yet become part of the dominant cultural meaning system within the field of health services research...

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Published in:Medical care research and review 2011-02, Vol.68 (1), p.49-55
Main Author: Hoff, Timothy J.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Culture
Data Collection - methods
Health services
Health Services Research - methods
Humans
Meaning
Medical research
Qualitative Research
Research Design
Research Personnel - education
Thinking
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Summary:The review done by Hoff and Witt (2000) a decade ago and the one published here by Weiner, Amick, Lund, Lee, & Hoff (2011) both reveal the same dilemma: "Thinking qualitatively" has not yet become part of the dominant cultural meaning system within the field of health services research (HSR). If it was so, we arguably would not see publication rates for qualitative research articles that have actually declined over the past 15 years and remained on average less than 10% of the total number of published research articles in our best and most mainstream HSR journals. [Copyright Sage Publications, Inc.]
ISSN:1077-5587
1552-6801
DOI:10.1177/1077558710383431