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Incorporating documents into qualitative nursing research.

Fiona A Miller·Kim Alvarado
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PURPOSE: To present an overview of how documents can be incorporated as key sources of data in qualitative nursing research. METHODS: Analysis of the nature of documents and the distinctive features of any research strategy to analyze documents. CONCLUSIONS: Many different strategies can be used in the analysis of documentary sources that are relevant to nursing practice. A systematic approach to the analysis of these textual resources, using one or several of the analytic strategies described here, can support and advance nursing scholarship.

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Fiona A Miller, Kim Alvarado. 2005. Incorporating documents into qualitative nursing research.. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1547-5069.2005.00060.x

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