Quantitative and qualitative methods in UK health research: then, now and ... ?
Quantitative and qualitative methods in UK health research: then, now and ... ?
This paper examines the current status of qualitative and quantitative research in the context of UK (public) health research in cancer. It is proposed that barren competition between qualitative and quantitative methods is inevitable, but that effective synergy between them continues to be essential to research excellence. The perceived methodological utility, with respect to understanding residual uncertainties, can account for the status accorded various research techniques and these will help to explain shifts witnessed in recent years and contribute towards an understanding of what can be realistically expected in terms of future progress. It is argued that the methodological debate, though familiar to many, is worthy of rearticulation in the context of cancer research where the psychosocial aspects of living with a cancer and the related complexity of providing appropriate cancer care are being addressed across Europe, as evidenced in recent directions in policy and research.
cancer research paradigms, research methods
225-231
McPherson, K
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Leydon, G.M.
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September 2002
McPherson, K
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Leydon, G.M.
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McPherson, K and Leydon, G.M.
(2002)
Quantitative and qualitative methods in UK health research: then, now and ... ?
European Journal of Cancer Care, 11 (3), .
(doi:10.1046/j.1365-2354.2002.00347.x).
Abstract
This paper examines the current status of qualitative and quantitative research in the context of UK (public) health research in cancer. It is proposed that barren competition between qualitative and quantitative methods is inevitable, but that effective synergy between them continues to be essential to research excellence. The perceived methodological utility, with respect to understanding residual uncertainties, can account for the status accorded various research techniques and these will help to explain shifts witnessed in recent years and contribute towards an understanding of what can be realistically expected in terms of future progress. It is argued that the methodological debate, though familiar to many, is worthy of rearticulation in the context of cancer research where the psychosocial aspects of living with a cancer and the related complexity of providing appropriate cancer care are being addressed across Europe, as evidenced in recent directions in policy and research.
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Published date: September 2002
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cancer research paradigms, research methods
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URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/161205
ISSN: 0961-5423
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