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Qualitative research in age and ageing: enhancing understanding of ageing, health and illness

Qualitative research in age and ageing: enhancing understanding of ageing, health and illness Age and Ageing 2015; 44: 726–727 © The Author 2015. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the British Geriatrics Society. doi: 10.1093/ageing/afv096 All rights reserved. For Permissions, please email: [email protected] Published electronically 25 July 2015 Qualitative research in age and ageing: enhancing understanding of ageing, health and illness The value of qualitative research in policymaking, service de- The expansion in the number of journals devoted to velopment and practice in medicine, in the study of health qualitative research has spawned methodological advances in service organisation and delivery, and in enhancing under- qualitative methodology. This includes wide ranging debates standing of health, illness and ageing is increasingly recog- on strategies for ensuring rigor which are in turn shaped by nised. There is a large body of qualitative research informed the diversity of philosophical and theoretical approaches that by social science perspectives which has enriched our under- inform qualitative research. This very diversity means, as Patton standing of the meaning and process of living with chronic reminds us, that ‘issues of quality and credibility intersect with illness and life-threatening conditions from the pioneering audience and intended research purposes’ [18]; such that as- contributions of Strauss and colleagues [1, 2] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Age and Ageing Oxford University Press

Qualitative research in age and ageing: enhancing understanding of ageing, health and illness

Godfrey, Mary
Age and Ageing , Volume 44 (5) – Sep 25, 2015
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Age and Ageing 2015; 44: 726–727 © The Author 2015. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the British Geriatrics Society. doi: 10.1093/ageing/afv096 All rights reserved. For Permissions, please email: [email protected] Published electronically 25 July 2015 Qualitative research in age and ageing: enhancing understanding of ageing, health and illness The value of qualitative research in policymaking, service de- The expansion in the number of journals devoted to velopment and practice in medicine, in the study of health qualitative research has spawned methodological advances in service organisation and delivery, and in enhancing under- qualitative methodology. This includes wide ranging debates standing of health, illness and ageing is increasingly recog- on strategies for ensuring rigor which are in turn shaped by nised. There is a large body of qualitative research informed the diversity of philosophical and theoretical approaches that by social science perspectives which has enriched our under- inform qualitative research. This very diversity means, as Patton standing of the meaning and process of living with chronic reminds us, that ‘issues of quality and credibility intersect with illness and life-threatening conditions from the pioneering audience and intended research purposes’ [18]; such that as- contributions of Strauss and colleagues [1, 2]

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