Ways of integrating a variety of qualitative approaches
Lead Innovator: Professor Immy Holloway
A challenging issue in qualitative research focuses on its internal coherence on the one hand, and its diversity on the other. We have contributed to this debate by taking an inclusive perspective that acknowledges the need for consistency between research approach, research question and research methods. However, we also wish to acknowledge the possibility of mixing qualitative research methods depending upon a clear and consistent research framework. Staff of the Centre have also contributed to ongoing methodological debates about breadth and depth in qualitative research, ethical issues and developments in data collection.
Holloway I. (ed.) (2005) Qualitative Research in Health Care. Maidenhead: Open University Press
Holloway I. & Freshwater D. (2007) Narrative Research for Nurses. Oxford: Blackwell
Holloway I. (2008) A-Z of Qualitative Research in Healthcare. Oxford: Blackwell
Todres, L & Galvin, K (2005). Pursuing both breadth and depth in qualitative research: illustrated by a study of the experience of intimate caring for a loved one with Alzheimer’s disease. International Journal of Qualitative Methods. 4(2), 1-11.
Available at: http://www.ualberta.ca/~ijqm/backissues/4-2//pdf/todres.pdf 
Redwood, S. & Todres, L. (2006). Exploring the Ethical Imagination: Conversation as Practice Versus Committee as Gatekeeper [25 paragraphs]. Forum Qualitative Sozialforschung / Forum: Qualitative Social Research [On-line Journal], 7(2), Art. 34.
Available at: http://www.qualitative-research.net/fqs-texte/2-06/06-2-34-e.htm
