Qualitative Research in Action: A Canadian Primer

Series: a href="http://www.oupcanada.com/tcs/"Themes in Canadian Sociology/a Qualitative Research in Action emphasizes that dynamism and flexibility are the cornerstones of qualitative research. Bringing the stages of research to life with a wide array of examples drawn from actual studies, the text guides students through the processes of finding inspiration and developing questions; gathering, coding, and analyzing data; and writing up results.

Dr. Deborah van den Hoonaard is a professor of gerontology at St Thomas University and a Canada Research Chair in Qualitative Research and Analysis. She is also associate director of the Chronic Illness Research Institute, of which she is a founding member. An experienced researcher and writer, she is the author of two books based on her own qualitative research: The Widowed Self: The Older Woman's Journey through Widowhood (2001) and By Himself: The Older Man's Experience of Widowhood (2010). She has given many talks on qualitative methods in Canada, the United States, China, and Australia.