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July 2023 saw the high point to date of my 25+ years in academe. I had the pleasure of presenting a workshop—“ Strategies for Writing Effective Qualitative Research in Healthcare”—at the 18th annual conference of the International Society for the Study of Self-Injury (NSSI). Hosted by the Medical Un...

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This book is a good referential guide for both novice and experienced researchers because it gives detailed descriptions of qualitative research and offers information that leads to a deeper understanding of the subject. Additionally, it is noted that the book introduces current issues, including et...

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Objectives The aim of this article is to explain the essence of qualitative research in terms of its broader applicability, including in security sciences. Material and methods To explain the problem, they mainly used the method of examining the content of the literature on the subject and dialecti...

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Welcome to Issue 3, Volume 6 of Qualitative Research in Medicine in Healthcare. The term “qualitative research” covers a wide range of theories and methodologies, and this issue certainly illustrates that diversity of approaches. As with most articles published in QRMH, authors featured in this iss...

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Change can be frightening. Or maybe it’s better to say that the thought of change can be frightening. Qualitative Research in Medicine & Healthcare is about to see a major change as it shifts publishers from PAGEPress to KeAi Publishing. This will be the last issue published by PagePress, where...

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Welcome to Volume 7, Number 1 of Qualitative Research in Medicine & Healthcare. As I read through each of the articles in this issue, it occurred to me that they are surprisingly similar in technique, but widely divergent in topic. Indeed, taken together, articles in this issue provide a useful...

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In her final editorial for Qualitative Research in Medicine and Healthcare, Mariaelena Bartesaghi described how her health condition prevented her from continuing as Editor-in-Chief. Dr. Bartesaghi described herself as a character in the type of stories that we research and report about in this very...

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Welcome to Volume 8 of Qualitative Research in Medicine & Healthcare. Reading through each article, I am struck by a conundrum that, in a way, defines qualitative research. Qualitative research generally takes a phenomenological perspective, presenting and analyzing the “lived experience” of par...

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Fatigue is often undiagnosed by health professionals as it is still seen as a nonspecific symptom without standard evaluations and effective treatments. Fatigue is present across many different diseases and has a profound effect on the quality of life of patients. However, it is still difficult to m...

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Abstract Grounded theory is an inductive research method that provides for the systematic generation of theory using qualitative or/and quantitative data generated from interviews, observation, or written sources such as documents, or some combination there of gained by a rigorous research method....

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The following is a naïve narrative of my journey into classic grounded theory (CGT) and the consideration of the possible existence of methodological perspective bias when reviewing literature. Whilst research bias has been viewed from a number of differing perspectives, such as sample bias, intervi...

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Background: Men who have sex with men (MSM) represent a key population in China’s efforts to reduce the spread of Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (HIV/AIDS). Despite the effectiveness of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) as a preventive measure, its utilization rate...

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Background: The rate of substance abuse by women is growing over last several decades. However, most addiction studies have been conducted on men with a quantitative approach. Methods: The present study examined the risk factors of addiction among women through qualitative research. This research wa...

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This publication aims to answer four questions regarding perceptions of occupational health and safety in the southeastern coastal states. Written by Tracy Irani, Beatrice Fenelon Pierre, and Tyler S. Nesbit, and published by the UF/IFAS Department of Family, Youth and Community Sciences, October 2...

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Background Guidelines for heart failure (HF) management recommend high target doses for medications. These targets are based on standardized dosing regimens that rarely consider the complex challenges faced by older patients. However, little is known about such challenges perceived by older adults....

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<i>Background and Objectives</i>: Stroke is a condition that seriously impairs the personal, family, social and professional lives of those affected. The aim of this study was to explore the perceptions of patients who have experienced a stroke and received care in stroke units across va...

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