title: Quantity or quality?
abstract: The aim of nursing as a profession is to deliver a high quality service based on reliable and valid research findings. As a result, there is an urgent need to address the methodological issues arising from the quantitative-qualitative debate and the nature and resolution of the perceived theory-practice gap. Billy Kelly and Ann Long examines the key issues.
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authors.lastname: Kelly
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