Undertaking field research

TY - JOUR

T1 - Undertaking field research

AU - Soukup , Tayana

AU - Lamb, Benjamin W

AU - Sevdalis, Nick

AU - Green, James SA

PY - 2017/1/1

Y1 - 2017/1/1

N2 - Ethnography, also known as field research, is a social science approach to studying people and groups in their natural setting. The methodology employed is qualitative, including observations and interviews. Analysis of documents, meta-ethnography and further mixed methods to obtain and analyse data collected from the field can be used to complement this. There is a general lack of field research within the healthcare setting, although it is particularly useful for understanding complex systems, and has been employed successfully in recent years to study cultures, safety and to improve quality.

AB - Ethnography, also known as field research, is a social science approach to studying people and groups in their natural setting. The methodology employed is qualitative, including observations and interviews. Analysis of documents, meta-ethnography and further mixed methods to obtain and analyse data collected from the field can be used to complement this. There is a general lack of field research within the healthcare setting, although it is particularly useful for understanding complex systems, and has been employed successfully in recent years to study cultures, safety and to improve quality.

U2 - 10.1177/2051415816651562

DO - 10.1177/2051415816651562

M3 - Article

SN - 2051-4158

VL - 10

SP - 58

EP - 61

JO - Journal of Clinical Urology

JF - Journal of Clinical Urology

IS - 1

ER -