This paper offers an expository discussion of an approach to qualitative health research we
call immanent critique. The central analytic move of immanent critique, as we have practiced …

What is evidence in qualitative inquiry and how is it evaluated? What is true or false in
research is strongly influenced by socially defined criteria and by the politics of academia. In …

Life as a qualitative researcher is a constant struggle: in the academy, workplace, or
wherever qualitative researchers are found. Daily, qualitative inquirers are assaulted by the …

Two issues have been central to ongoing disputes about judgments of quality in qualitative
inquiry:(a) the ways in which paradigmatic orientations are understood to guide procedural …

Drawing on long experience as a sociologist in the health academy, I explore the challenges
of practicing and teaching critical qualitative research in an environment dominated by very …

The commodification and corporatization of research within the academy, research
institutes, and professional and political sectors has ignited much attention within the critical …

In this article, I review 'Qualitative Methods in Health Research', a document sponsored by
three offices of the US National Institutes of Health (NIH). The document has the purpose of …

In this article, I trace the historical groundings of what have become methodological
conventions in the use of qualitative approaches to answer questions arising from the …

Doctoral students and faculty members sometimes face unexpected barriers when engaging
in qualitative research that can impede career advancement. In part, this can be because …

Just as qualitative research is “endlessly creative and interpretative,” qualitative researchers
find themselves in the position of having to be endlessly creative and interpretive with …