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Focus groups as a research method: a critique of some aspects of their use in nursing research

Journal of Advanced Nursing · 2001 · Vol. 33(6) · pp. 798–805
Christine WebbJennifer Kevern

Abstract

The article concludes by calling for more in-depth consideration at the research planning stages of the underlying assumptions of methodological approaches that may be used to underpin focus group research and methods to be used to analyse and report the data generated.

Focus Groups and Qualitative MethodsQualitative Research Methods and ApplicationsQualitative Research Methods and EthicsCINAHLGrounded theoryFocus groupNursing researchFocus (optics)Relation (database)Phenomenology (philosophy)Nursing literatureEpistemologyPsychology

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Choice BehaviorData Interpretation, StatisticalGroup ProcessesHumansPlanning TechniquesResearch DesignResearch PersonnelReproducibility of ResultsNursing Methodology ResearchFocus Groups
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