title: Looking outside the square: the use of qualitative methods within complementary and alternative medicine: the movement towards rigour.
abstract: This paper explores why qualitative research in the field of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) is underused and, when used, done so defensively. It argues that qualitative research methods can encompass the complexity of CAM and identify richer veins for research exploration. The rigorous application of holistic research methods, used non-defensively, can only benefit CAM and the knowledge base of science.
authors: Centre for Complementary Medicine Research, University of Western Sydney, Penrith, Australia. s.cochrane@uws.edu.au
authors: Suzanne
authors: S
authors: Cochrane
authors: Alphia
authors: A
authors: Possamai-Inesedy
mesh_terms: D000529:Complementary Therapies / Q000379:methods* / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D036301:Qualitative Research; D012107:Research Design