Why use qualitative research methods to understand the meaning of clients experiences in healthcare research?

Clients' health experience influence their health behaviour and decision making in accepting medical care and treatment provided. Thus, it is importance for health care professionals to grasp meaning embedded in clients' health experience to assist them to achieve individual health goals....

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Main Authors: Lee, Khuan, Krauss, Steven Eric
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Community Health Society Malaysia 2015
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/46896/1/Why%20use%20qualitative%20research%20methods%20to%20understand%20the%20meaning%20of%20clients%20experiences%20in%20healthcare%20research.pdf
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/46896/
http://publichealthmy.org/ejournal/ojs2/index.php/ijphcs/article/view/219/0
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Institution: Universiti Putra Malaysia
Language: English
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Summary:Clients' health experience influence their health behaviour and decision making in accepting medical care and treatment provided. Thus, it is importance for health care professionals to grasp meaning embedded in clients' health experience to assist them to achieve individual health goals. This article is aimed to elucidate what and why reasons health care professionals are required to use qualitative research method to understand clients' health experience.