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- Title
Qualitative Research in Palliative Care: Applications to Clinical Trials Work.
- Authors
Lim, Christopher T.; Tadmor, Avia; Fujisawa, Daisuke; MacDonald, James J.; Gallagher, Emily R.; Eusebio, Justin; Jackson, Vicki A.; Temel, Jennifer S.; Greer, Joseph A.; Hagan, Teresa; Park, Elyse R.
- 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.
- Subjects
CLINICAL trials; PALLIATIVE treatment; QUALITATIVE research; DATA analysis
- Publication
Journal of Palliative Medicine, 2017, Vol 20, Issue 8, p857
- ISSN
1096-6218
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1089/jpm.2017.0061