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Volume 31, Issue 6, Pages 455-460 (July 2008)


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Qualitative Methods in Chiropractic Research: One Framework for Future Inquiry

Jon Adams, PhDaCorresponding Author Informationemail address, Alex Broom, PhDb, Megan Jennaway, PhDc

Received 31 October 2007; received in revised form 27 November 2007; accepted 9 December 2007.

Abstract 

Qualitative research holds potential for helping understand core aspects of chiropractic. Nevertheless, these methods remain underused in the field. This article overviews a qualitative perspective, introduces qualitative methods, and offers one possible framework to develop chiropractic research.

a Associate Professor, Epidemiology and Social Medicine Division, School of Population Health, University of Queensland, Australia

b Lecturer, School of Social Science, University of Newcastle, Australia

c Lecturer, International and Indigenous Health Division, School of Population Health, University of Queensland, Australia

Corresponding Author InformationSubmit requests for reprints to: Jon Adams, PhD, Associate Professor, School of Population Health, University of Queensland, Level 3, Public Health Building, Herston Rd, Herston QLD 4006, Australia

PII: S0161-4754(08)00170-X

doi:10.1016/j.jmpt.2008.06.006


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