1. Qualitative Research in Palliative Care: Applications to Clinical Trials Work
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Vicki A. Jackson, Avia Tadmor, Teresa L. Hagan, Daisuke Fujisawa, Jennifer S. Temel, Joseph A. Greer, Elyse R. Park, James J. MacDonald, Christopher T. Lim, Emily R. Gallagher, and Justin Eusebio
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Adult ,Male ,Palliative care ,Nursing Methodology Research ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Documentation ,Nursing ,Humans ,Medicine ,030212 general & internal medicine ,Qualitative Research ,General Nursing ,Aged ,Quality of Health Care ,Aged, 80 and over ,Clinical Trials as Topic ,Descriptive statistics ,business.industry ,Palliative Care ,Original Articles ,General Medicine ,Focus Groups ,Middle Aged ,Focus group ,Clinical trial ,Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine ,Work (electrical) ,Research Design ,030220 oncology & carcinogenesis ,Female ,Thematic analysis ,business ,Qualitative research - Abstract
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.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.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.
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- 2017