The four cornerstones of qualitative research

Jane F. Gilgun

doi:10.1177/1049732305285338

The four cornerstones of qualitative research

Jane F. Gilgun

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Abstract

Evidence-based practice (EBP) is more than the application of best research evidence to practice. Advocates for evidence-based medicine (EBM), the parent discipline of EBP, state that EBP has three, and possibly four, components: best research evidence, clinical expertise, and patient preferences and wants. Person-centered physicians also advocate for the person of the practitioner as a fourth component. In this article, the author shows the centrality of qualitative research to this fuller version of EBP. She also shows how qualitative research has four cornerstones that parallel the four components of EBP.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	436-443
Number of pages	8
Journal	Qualitative Health Research
Volume	16
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/1049732305285338
State	Published - Mar 1 2006

Keywords

Clinical expertise
Evidence-based practice
Qualitative research
Research ethics

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