title: [Qualitative studies in the health field].
abstract: Qualitative investigation in the health care field is faced with the relative problems of scientific knowledge production or epistemological questions, methodological procedures in qualitative investigations, and the utility and use of qualitative findings. These questions and others are discussed, in a general manner, in this article.
authors.affiliation: Facultad Nacional de Salud Pública, Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín, Colombia.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: de la Cuesta
mesh_terms: D006302:Health Services Research / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D019359:Knowledge; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research / Q000379:methods*; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D012107:Research Design
vernacular_title: Investigación cualitativa en el campo de la salud.