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Using Qualitative Health Research to Transform the Nature of Evidence

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Handbook of Qualitative Health Research for Evidence-Based Practice

Part of the book series: Handbooks in Health, Work, and Disability ((SHHDW,volume 4))

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Clearly the world is in a period of profound change—culturally, environmentally, and technologically. One easily resonates with Dorothy’s observation on landing in the Land of Oz and encountering the Good Witch of the North, “Now I know we are not in Kansas anymore.” So it is with health care and health research.

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. Faculty of Nursing, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada

    Karin Olson R.N., Ph.D.

  2. Department of Educational and Counseling Psychology, and Special Education, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada

    Richard A. Young Ed.D.

  3. Vocational Rehabilitation Counseling, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada

    Izabela Z. Schultz Ph.D.

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Correspondence to Karin Olson R.N., Ph.D. .

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  1. Faculty of Nursing, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

    Karin Olson

  2. Department of Educational and Counseling Psychology, and Special Education, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

    Richard A. Young

  3. Department of Educational and Counseling Psychology, and Special Education, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

    Izabela Z. Schultz

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Olson, K., Young, R.A., Schultz, I.Z. (2016). Using Qualitative Health Research to Transform the Nature of Evidence. In: Olson, K., Young, R., Schultz, I. (eds) Handbook of Qualitative Health Research for Evidence-Based Practice. Handbooks in Health, Work, and Disability, vol 4. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-2920-7_1

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