Completing a Qualitative Project: Details and Dialogue

What do I do after the data analysis is done? This is one of the questions that plague most writers doing qualitative research and it is one of the key questions that inform this book.

With a contributor panel of 22 renowned and frequently published qualitative research authors, Janice Morse explores a wide range of topics, from nuts and bolts to the angst of the publishing process, and from the methodological to application. These discussions make this book a perfect companion to the author's early volumes, Qualitative Nursing Research and Critical Issues in Qualitative Research. Moreover, since the development of the book provided for input from the contributors on each others' chapters, each article is followed by a dial

The book contains black-and-white illustrations.

What do I do after the data analysis is done? This is one of the questions that plague most writers doing qualitative research and it is one of the key questions that inform this book. With a contributor panel of 22 renowned and frequently published qualitative research authors, Janice Morse explores a wide range of topics, from nuts and bolts to the angst of the publishing process, and from the methodological to application. These discussions make this book a perfect companion to the author's early volumes, Qualitative Nursing Research and Critical Issues in Qualitative Research.

Suzanne K. Beltz

This valuable resource speaks to the lack of dialog regarding the evaluation of outcomes of qualitative research, the sharing of these outcomes, and the implementation of changes in practice based on outcomes of an informant based study. The purpose is to address issues in qualitative research that occur after data analysis. The editor presents the work for discussion and to provide guidelines for the evaluation and dissemination of outcomes, so that the ""power and usefulness of qualitative research will be recognized."" The editor indicates that her target audience is ""The world. At large."" Written by a group of 22 contributing nurse scholars, this book will be a valuable resource for nurse scientists, as well as researchers and graduate students of any discipline who are interested in qualitative research and the outcomes of such research. This writing is well organized. More than half of the chapters contain good use of tables and diagrams to enhance understanding of the material. Reference lists at the end of each chapter include both the classic writings and most current articles found on the specific topic. The book contains both a detailed subject index and a name index. A special feature of this work is found in the combination of individual writing and collaborative efforts of the contributing authors. This book is a well balanced presentation of discussion and details for disseminating the findings of a qualitative research project. The contributors have given guiding perspective to issues of importance in the research community, e.g. the strength, credibility, and generalizability of a qualitative research project. The information will both challenge and stimulate thereader's thinking.

Janice Morse (RN, PhD [Anthropology], PhD [Nursing], DNurs [Hon], FAAN) is Director, International Institute of Qualitative Methodology, Professor, Faculty of Nursing, University of Alberta, and Adjunct Professor, School of Nursing, Pennsylvania State University. She is a Canadian Institute for Health Research (CIHR) Senior Scientist and an AHFMR Senior Scholar. She has an interest in developing qualitative methods, and has published more than 200 articles and 13 books on clinical nursing research and research methods. Her more recent books include Qualitative research methods for health professionals (with P. A. Field), Qualitative health research, Qualitative nursing research: A contemporary dialogue, Critical issues in qualitative research, Completing a qualitative project, and The nature of qualitative evidence(with J. M. Swanson and A. Kuzel). She is the editor of Qualitative Health Research, an interdisciplinary journal publishing on qualitative methods and research. She was the 1987 Sigma Theta Tau Episteme Laureate, and in 1999 she received an honorary doctorate from the University of Newcastle, Australia, for her contribution to nursing knowledge. She is presently funded by CIHR to conduct a qualitative study on suffering and enduring.