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VSeries Foreword Clara E. Hill and Sarah Knox vii1. Why a Generic Approach to Descriptive - Interpretive Qualitative Research ? 3Qualitative Research as a Descriptive - Interpretive Process 4Origins of This Approach to Qualitative Research 5Qualitative Research and the Brand Names Problem 7What Lies Outside the Descriptive - Interpretive Genre of Qualitative Research ? 10Psychotherapy and Psychotherapy Research as Context for Our Approach 11Philosophical and Epistemological Background 12A Few Key Pointers for Readers 142. Designing the Study 15Defining the Research Problem and Questions 16The Research Team 18Getting Your Head Around Preunderstandings and Bias 19Choosing Data Collection Procedures 21Anticipating and Addressing Ethical Issues 27Building in Integrity Checks 29Summary of Key Points 30Contents2ND PAGES2ND 509/09/2020 10:55 AM09/09/2020 10:55 AMCO

cover design of flowers). The question for many of us, though, has been how to decide among approaches and how to learn the different methods. Many prior descriptions of the various qualitative methods have not provided clear enough descrip-tions of the methods, making it difficult for novice researchers to learn how to use them.

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