Case study: Design? Method? Or comprehensive strategy?
Colin Jones Senior Lecturer Critical Care, Faculty of Health & Applied Social Sciences, School of Nursing & Healthcare Studies, Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, UK
Christina Lyons Principal Lecturer in Mental Health, Faculty of Health & Applied Social Sciences, School of Nursing & Healthcare Studies, Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, UK
As the case study approach gains popularity in nursing research, questions arise with regard to what it exactly is, and where it appears to fit paradigmatically. Is it a method, a design, are such distinctions important? Colin Jones and Christina Lyons review some of the key issues, with specific emphasis on the use of case study within an interpretevist philosophy
Nurse Researcher.
11, 3, 70-76.
doi: 10.7748/nr2004.04.11.3.70.c6206
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