The Role of Qualitative Methods in Evidence based Health Care
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چکیده
Qualitative methods seek to answer different questions from those of RCT, and for those types of questions they potentially provide a high level of evidence, higher than that of the RCT. “Potentially” remains an important qualification since as with any research the level of evidence produced is also dependent on the rigour of the study itself. Just as a poorly designed or conducted RCT provides weak evidence so too with a qualitative project.
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