Abstract
In The Lancet Psychiatry, Lucy Livingston and colleagues1 amply demonstrate the rich potential of qualitative methods to provide insight into the life-worlds of patients and analysis of hitherto un(der)explored facets of mental and physical health conditions. The publication of their paper reflects increasing acknowledgment of the value of qualitative methods in medical research. At the same time as some medical publications have questioned the wider value and impact of qualitative research,2 health and social policy3 increasingly demand engagement with the voices and perspectives of patients—something only truly understood through qualitative inquiry.
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Value (mathematics)Data scienceQualitative researchMEDLINEComputer scienceSociologyBiologyAnthropologyMachine learning
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- 2019
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- 6
- Issue
- 9
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- 720-721
- Citations
- 152
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Virginia Braun,
Victoria Clarke
(2019).
Novel insights into patients' life-worlds: the value of qualitative research.
The Lancet Psychiatry
, 6
(9)
, 720-721.
https://doi.org/10.1016/s2215-0366(19)30296-2
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- 10.1016/s2215-0366(19)30296-2