Abstract
Background: While vast opportunities for using qualitative methods exist within palliative care research, few studies provide practical advice for researchers and clinicians as a roadmap to identify and utilize such opportunities. Objective: To provide palliative care clinicians and researchers descriptions of qualitative methodology applied to innovative research questions relative to palliative care research and define basic concepts in qualitative research. Body: We describe three qualitative projects as exemplars to describe major concepts in qualitative analysis of early palliative care: (1) a descriptive analysis of clinician documentation in the electronic health record, (2) a thematic content analysis of palliative care clinician focus groups, and (3) a framework analysis of audio-recorded encounters between patients and clinicians as part of a clinical trial. Conclusions: This study provides a foundation for undertaking qualitative research within palliative care and serves as a framework for use by other palliative care researchers interested in qualitative methodologies.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 857-861 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | Journal of Palliative Medicine |
| Volume | 20 |
| Issue number | 8 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2017 Aug |
Keywords
- clinical trials work
- palliative care
- qualitative research
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Nursing(all)
- Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine