Issues in case study analysis
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Issues in case study analysis

Jo Vallis Research Fellow, Geriatric Medicine, University of Edinburgh
Alison Tierney Professor of Nursing Studies, University of Edinburgh

This paper provides a realistic, first hand account of undertaking case study research in the context of a four-centre investigation of hip fracture care. Such studies are very difficult to do and the use of multiple sources of evidence, both qualitative and quantitative, remains controversial.

Nurse Researcher. 7, 2, 19-35. doi: 10.7748/nr2000.01.7.2.19.c6111

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