Syllabus/achievement requirements

Obligatory literature:

Judith Green and Nicki Thorogood: Qualitative methods for health research. Sage, Chapter 1-9 (254 pages).

Optional literature:

1. Moen, Kåre and Anne-Lise Middelthon. "Qualitative Research Methods." Research in Medical and Biological Sciences: From Planning and Preparation to Grant Application and Publication. Petter Laake, Aakon Breien Benestad and Bjorn Reino Olsen. Amsterdam: Elsevier, 2015. 321-378.
2. Kielmann, Karina, Fabian Cataldo and Janet Seeley. "Introduction to Qualitative Research Methodology." UK Department for International Development, 2011.
3. Malterud, Kirsti. "Qualitative Research: Standards, Challenges, and Guidelines." The Lancet 358 (2001) 483-488
4. Mason, Jennifer. "Qualitative Interviewing." Qualitative Researching, 2nd Edition. Jennifer Mason. Los Angeles: SAGE Publications, 2002. 62-83.
5. Liamputtong, Pranee. "Focus Group Methodology: Introduction and History." Focus Group Methodology: Principle and Practice. Pranee Liamputtong. Thousand Oaks: SAGE Publications, 2011. 1-14.
6. Glesne, Corrine. "Being There. Developing Understandings through Participant Observation." Becoming Qualitative Researchers: An Introduction. Corrine Glesne. Boston: Pearson/Allyn & Bacon, 2006. 49-78.
7. Rapley, Tim. "Some Pragmatics of Data Analysis." Qualitative Research: Issues of Theory, Method and Practice, 3rd Edition. David Silverman, Ed. Los Angeles: SAGE Publications, 2011. 273-290.
8. Saldana, Johnny. "An Introduction to Codes and Coding" The Coding Manual for Qualitative Researchers. Los Angeles: SAGE Publications, 2009. 1-31.
9. Maxwell, Joseph. "Validity: How Might You be Wrong?" Qualitative Research Design: An Interactive Approach, 3rd Edition. Joseph Maxwell. Los Angeles: SAGE Publications, 2013. 121-138.
10. Richards, Helen Mary and Lisa Jennifer Schwartz. "Ethics of Qualitative Research: Are there Special Issues for Health Services Research?" Family Practice 19.2 (2002) 135-139
11. Minkler, Meredith. "Using Participatory Action Research to Build Healthy Communities." Public Health Reports 115:2-3 (2000) 191–197.
12. Hirsch, Eric and Charles Stewart. "Introduction: Ethnographies of Historicity." History and Anthropology 16:3 (2005) 261-274.
13. Chapple, A, S Ziebland and A McPherson. "Stigma, Shame, and Blame Experienced by Patients with Lung Cancer: Qualitative Study. BMJ (2004).