A fundamental aim of all qualitative studies is to take the perspective of others and therewith to experience meanings, situations and actions through the eyes of others. This demands data from relatively small strategically selected study groups, in addition to empathy, openness and sensitivity in the researchers. Most qualitative researchers strive to come further than just pure descriptions ...

BACKGROUND Although abortion or termination of pregnancy (TOP) has become an increasingly normalized component of women's health care over the past forty years, insufficient attention has been paid to women's experiences of surgical or medical methods of TOP. OBJECTIVE To undertake a narrative review of qualitative studies of women's experiences of TOP and their perspectives on surgical or me...

The turn of this century marked an increased focus on mobile usability studies for research in the field of Human Computer Interaction. Such studies offer practitioners the needed insight to deliver usable mobile products and services adopted by consumers at increasing rates contributing to a $20 billion industry. Scholars also benefit by identifying new questions that need to be addressed, the...

Assuring the validity and reliability of data is an essential component of data collection. While quantitative studies use certain statistical techniques such as ‘Cronbach Alpha’ values for a reliability index, in qualitative studies these type of measures are not widely available, and appear to be predominantly subjective. So, many studies, if at all probe this aspect, highlight what is normal...

India pioneered in legalizing induced abortion (Medical Termination of Pregnancy (MTP) Act of 1971) under which a woman can legally avail abortion if the pregnancy carries the risk of grave physical injury, endangers her mental health, when pregnancy results from a contraceptive failure in a married woman or from rape or is likely to result in the birth of a child with physical or mental abnorm...