Qualitative research methods in medical dissertations: an observational methodological study on prevalence and reporting quality of dissertation abstracts in a German university.

BMC Med Res Methodol · 2020 · PMC7727214 · PMID 33302886

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Our results show that within dissertation research, the number of dissertations applying qualitative methods has continually increased mirroring an overall trend in health research.

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