* Preface Part One: Interpretive Description in Theory* One: Introduction: Qualitative Research in the Applied Disciplines * Two: Cultivating Questions in the Clinical Field * Three: Scaffolding a Study * Four: Framing a Study Design * Five: Strategizing a Credible Study Part Two: Interpretive Description in Process* Six: Entering the Field * Seven: Constructing Data * Eight: Making Sense of Data * Nine: Conceptualizing Findings * Ten: Writing Findings Part Three: Interpretive Description in Context* Eleven: Making Sense of Findings * Twelve: Disseminating Knowledge * Thirteen: Enhancing Credibility * Fourteen: Advancing Evidence with Interpretive Description ReferencesAbout the Authorundergraduate and up
Sally Thorne, RN, PhD, is Professor and Director of the School of Nursing at the University of British Columbia. Her research emphasis for the past 25 years has been the human experience of chronic illness and cancer. Following the initial publication of her methodological work on Interpretive Description in 1997, she has continued to develop it as qualitative research approach particularly suited to the research questions generated from within the applied disciplines, including the health professions. Dr. Thorne is a widely published author, sought after as a consultant on qualitative methodological issues, and a committed educator. She is author or coauthor of 100 published articles and three books. Margarete Sandelowski is Cary C. Boshamer Professor of Nursing and University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
"Thorne has developed this research method over many years in order
to combat what she sees as a fundamental difference between social
science research and applied health research.... Unlike other
qualitative methods, the focus on multidisciplinarity, using mixed
theories and methods, and the demystification of certain stages of
the research process, make this book particularly useful for those
wanting to apply their research to real world problems."
--Ruth Bridgens, Qualitative Research
"With the publication of Interpretive Description, researchers now
have access to a highly readable, practically oriented, and more
comprehensive discussion of how (and why) to design, conduct, and
transmit research using this methodological approach. As a result,
researchers will be better equipped to implement an interpretive
description."
--Matthew R. Hunt, Qualitative Health Research
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