An open letter to the BMJ editors on qualitative research

Trisha Greenhalgh; Ellen Annandale; Richard Ashcroft; James Barlow; Nick Black; Alan Bleakley; Ruth Boaden; Jeffrey Braithwaite; Nicky Britten; Franco Carnevale; Kath Checkland; Julianne Cheek; Alex Clark; Simon Cohn; Jack Coulehan; Benjamin Crabtree; Steven Cummins; Frank Davidoff; Huw Davies; Robert Dingwall; Mary Dixon-Woods; Glyn Elwyn; Eivind Engebretsen; Ewan Ferlie; Naomi Fulop; John Gabbay; Marie Pierre Gagnon; Dariusz Galasinski; Ruth Garside; Lucy Gilson; Peter Griffiths; Penny Hawe; Jan Kees Helderman; Brian Hodges; David Hunter; Margaret Kearney; Celia Kitzinger; Jenny Kitzinger; Ayelet Kuper; Saville Kushner; Andree Le May; France Legare; Lorelei Lingard; Louise Locock; Jill Maben; Mary Ellen Macdonald; Frances Mair; Russell Mannion; Martin Marshall; Carl May; Nicholas Mays; Lorna McKee; Marissa Miraldo; David Morgan; Janice Morse; Sarah Nettleton; Sandy Oliver; Warrren Pearce; Pierre Pluye; Catherine Pope; Glenn Robert; Celia Roberts; Stefania Rodella; Jo Rycroft-Malone; Margarete Sandelowski; Paul Shekelle; Fiona Stevenson; Sharon Straus; Deborah Swinglehurst; Sally Thorne; Göran Tomson; Gerd Westert; Sue Wilkinson; Brian Williams; Terry Young; Sue Ziebland

doi:10.1136/bmj.i563

An open letter to the BMJ editors on qualitative research

Trisha Greenhalgh
, Ellen Annandale
, Richard Ashcroft
, James Barlow
, Nick Black
, Alan Bleakley
, Ruth Boaden
, Jeffrey Braithwaite
, Nicky Britten
, Franco Carnevale
, Kath Checkland
, Julianne Cheek
, Alex Clark
, Simon Cohn
, Jack Coulehan
, Benjamin Crabtree
, Steven Cummins
, Frank Davidoff
, Huw Davies
, Robert Dingwall

Mary Dixon-Woods, Glyn Elwyn, Eivind Engebretsen, Ewan Ferlie, Naomi Fulop, John Gabbay, Marie Pierre Gagnon, Dariusz Galasinski, Ruth Garside, Lucy Gilson, Peter Griffiths, Penny Hawe, Jan Kees Helderman, Brian Hodges, David Hunter, Margaret Kearney, Celia Kitzinger, Jenny Kitzinger, Ayelet Kuper, Saville Kushner, Andree Le May, France Legare, Lorelei Lingard, Louise Locock, Jill Maben, Mary Ellen Macdonald, Frances Mair, Russell Mannion, Martin Marshall, Carl May, Nicholas Mays, Lorna McKee, Marissa Miraldo, David Morgan, Janice Morse, Sarah Nettleton, Sandy Oliver, Warrren Pearce, Pierre Pluye, Catherine Pope, Glenn Robert, Celia Roberts, Stefania Rodella, Jo Rycroft-Malone, Margarete Sandelowski, Paul Shekelle, Fiona Stevenson, Sharon Straus, Deborah Swinglehurst, Sally Thorne, Göran Tomson, Gerd Westert, Sue Wilkinson, Brian Williams, Terry Young, Sue Ziebland

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Original language	English
Article number	i563
Journal	BMJ (Online)
Volume	352
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.i563
Publication status	Published - 10 Feb 2016

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Greenhalgh, T., Annandale, E., Ashcroft, R., Barlow, J., Black, N., Bleakley, A., Boaden, R., Braithwaite, J., Britten, N., Carnevale, F., Checkland, K., Cheek, J., Clark, A., Cohn, S., Coulehan, J., Crabtree, B., Cummins, S., Davidoff, F., Davies, H., ... Ziebland, S. (2016). An open letter to the BMJ editors on qualitative research. BMJ (Online), 352, Article i563. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.i563

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