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A qualitative exploration of the factors influencing the decision to transfuse elective platelets in cancer care
(2021-07-01)Objectives: To explore factors contributing to decisions to transfuse platelets in cancer care outside guidelines using case study methods. Methods: Two case studies were examined, using instrumental case study methodology, ... -
A qualitative exploration of the value of volunteering to the employability of nutrition and dietetic graduates amongst employers
(2016-03-01)Background: Volunteering is widely considered to be beneficial to both, the volunteer and the community. It helps volunteers develop transferrable skills such as communication, collaboration, team working and general care ... -
Qualitative fusion of normalised scores in multimodal biometrics
(2009)A new approach to enhancing the accuracy of multimodal biometrics is investigated. The proposed approach, which involves combining score normalisation and qualitative-based fusion, is shown to considerably improve the ... -
Qualitative Interviewing
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Qualitative Interviewing
(SAGE Publications, 2001)Sociologists have always been interested in the attitudes and beliefs of social groups, and much methodological refinement has come about by engaging with the problems posed by trying to get at other people's feelings. A ... -
Qualitative research in paramedic practice : an overview
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Qualitative Research of Online Drug Misuse Communities with Reference to the Novel Psychoactive Substances
(University of Hertfordshire, 2013-05-29)Objective: This research aimed at reviewing the information provided by the online drug misuse communities with reference to the available evidence-based literature on the novel psychoactive substances. Methodology: ... -
A Qualitative Service Evaluation of the Usefulness of a Group Based Acceptance and Commitment Therapy Programme for Chronic Pain
(2012-11-14)Background In recent years Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) has gained increasing status as a promising approach to treating chronic pain physical functioning and psychological well-being. The basic premise of ACT ... -
A qualitative study exploring midwives' perceptions and views of extending their role to the examination of the newborn baby
(2003)Objectives: to explore midwives' attitudes and perceptions about extending their role to the examination of the newborn baby, as well as their general perceptions and attitudes to new role developments. Design: qualitative, ... -
A qualitative study exploring the experiences and views of mothers, health visitors and family support centre workers on the challenges and difficulties of parenting
(2005)Successive policy documents have referred to the need to support parents as an approach to reducing social exclusion, behaviour problems among young people and crime rates. Much of the rhetoric focuses on professional ... -
Qualitative study exploring the phenomenon of multiple electronic prescribing systems within single hospital organisations
(2018-12-14)BACKGROUND: A previous census of electronic prescribing (EP) systems in England showed that more than half of hospitals with EP reported more than one EP system within the same hospital. Our objectives were to describe the ... -
A Qualitative Study of Innovation Diffusion : The Novel case of a Small Firm and KTP
(2013)Using a qualitative approach involving interviews, referring to archival documentation and observations, this research study aims to understand the actions required for diffusion of an innovation in an SME. Although the ... -
A Qualitative Study of Midwifery Practices During the Second Stage of Labour
(2018-08-10)This qualitative study explores midwifery practice during the second stage of labour focusing specifically on whether midwives adopt a directed or physiological approach to maternal pushing. It was undertaken against the ... -
A qualitative study of the views of patients with medically unexplained symptoms on The BodyMind Approach®: Employing embodied methods and arts practices for self-management
(2020-12-07)The arts provide openings for symbolic expression by engaging the sensory experience in the body they become a source of insight through embodied cognition and emotion, enabling meaning-making, and acting as a catalyst for ... -
Qualities and the Galilean View
(2021-09-28)It is often thought that sensible qualities such as colours do not exist as properties of physical objects. Focusing on the case of colour, I discuss two views: the Galilean view, according to which colours do not exist ... -
Qualities of Personal Interaction: the Promotion of Research Utilisation for Quality Improvement in the US Health Care Sector
(2008-08-21)Nature of the inquiry: My research inquiry investigated how qualities of personal interaction shape and affect the promotion of research utilisation for quality improvement in the US healthcare sector. The research ... -
Quality Decision Making in Health Technology Assessment: Issues Facing Companies and Agencies
(2020-03-01)Background:To evaluate the quality of the decision-making processes of pharmaceutical companies during medicines development for evidence generation to support reimbursement of new medicines and the appraisal recommendation ...