The Nature of Qualitative Evidence

Janice M. Morse, PhD (Nurs), PhD (Anthro), FAAN is a professor and Presidential Endowed Chair at the University of Utah College of Nursing, and Professor Emeritus, University of Alberta, Canada., from 1991-1996, she also held a position as professor at The Pennsylvania State University. From 1997-2007, she was the founding Director and Scientific Director of the International Institute for Qualitative Methodology, University of Alberta, founding editor for the International Journal of Qualitative Methods, and Editor of the Qual Press monograph series. She remains the founding editor for Qualitative Health Research, (now in Volume 2, Sage1), is currently editor for the monograph series Developing Qualitative Inquiry, and The Essentials of Qualitative Inquiry (Left Coast Press). Her research programs are in the areas of suffering and comforting, preventing patient falls, and developing qualitative methods. In 2011, she was awarded the Lifetime Achievement in Qualitative Inquiry from the International Center for Qualitative Inquiry, was an inaugural inductee into the Sigma Theta Tau International Nurse Researcher Hall of Fame (2010), the 5th recipient of the Episteme Award (also Sigma Theta Tau). She received awarded honorary doctorates from the University of Newcastle (Australia) and Athabasca University (Canada). She is the author of 460 articles and chapters and 19 books on qualitative research methods, suffering, comforting and patient falls.

PART ONE: THE NATURE OF EVIDENCE The Status of Qualitative Research as Evidence - Ross E G Upshur What Is Problematic about Evidence? - Irene Madjar and Jo Ann Walton PART TWO: THE NATURE OF THE QUESTION Who Decides What Counts as Evidence? - Lynne Ray and Maria Mayan Questions in Use - Janice M Swanson PART THREE: THE NATURE OF STANDARDS Some Pragmatic Thoughts about Evaluating Qualitative Evidence - Anton J Kuzel and John D Engel The Implications of Disciplinary Agenda on Quality Criteria for Qualitative Research - Sally E Thorne Community-Based Research - Nancy Gibson, Ginger Gibson and Ann C Macauley Negotiating Research Agendas and Evaluating Outcomes PART FOUR: THE NATURE OF ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION Constructing Evidence within the Qualitative Project - Lynn M Meadows and Janice M Morse Qualitative Verification - Janice M Morse Building Evidence by Extending Basic Findings PART FIVE: THE NATURE OF UTILIZATION The Nature of Outcomes - Janice M Swanson Using Qualitative Research in Clinical Practice - Kaerin Olson Research Utilization and Qualitative Research - Carole A Estabrooks

"The writing is scholarly and the content is rich, varied, and liberally seasoned with practical examples to illustrate situations in which open enquiry has generated important qualitative evidence." -- Michael Obrecht * The Canadian Journal of Program Evaluation *