Conducting a qualitative culture study of pediatric palliative care.
While conducting a grounded theory study of Chinese American and Mexican American families' experiences in pediatric palliative care, we encountered a number of unanticipated challenges regarding project development, Institutional Review Boards, recruitment, data collection, and data analysis. In this article, we describe our experiences, strategies, and insights for the benefit of other researchers and clinicians in the field.
Davies
Betty
B
Department of Family Health Care Nursing, University of California-San Francisco, San Francisco, California 94143-0606, USA. betty.davies@nursing.ucsf.edu
Larson
Judith
J
Contro
Nancy
N
Reyes-Hailey
Carlos
C
Ablin
Arthur R
AR
Chesla
Catherine A
CA
Sourkes
Barbara
B
Cohen
Harvey
H
D001213:Asian; D002648:Child; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D054521:Cultural Competency; D006801:Humans; D017058:Mexican Americans; D010166:Palliative Care / Q000379:methods*; D010372:Pediatrics / Q000379:methods*; D036301:Qualitative Research