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| Title |
Can the caged bird sing? Reflections on the application of qualitative research methods to case study design in homeopathic medicine
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| Published in |
BMC Medical Research Methodology, February 2004
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| DOI | 10.1186/1471-2288-4-4 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Trevor DB Thompson |
| Abstract |
Two main pathways exist for the development of knowledge in clinical homeopathy. These comprise clinical trials conducted primarily by university-based researchers and cases reports and homeopathic "provings" compiled by engaged homeopathic practitioners. In this paper the relative merits of these methods are examined and a middle way proposed. This consists of the "Formal Case Study" (FCS) in which qualitative methods are used to increase the rigour and sophistication with which homeopathic cases are studied. Before going into design issues this paper places the FCS in an historical and academic context and describes the relative merits of the method. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 1 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 1 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 65 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 4 | 6% |
| Germany | 1 | 2% |
| Switzerland | 1 | 2% |
| Australia | 1 | 2% |
| Italy | 1 | 2% |
| India | 1 | 2% |
| United States | 1 | 2% |
| Unknown | 55 | 85% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 14 | 22% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 8 | 12% |
| Student > Master | 8 | 12% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 8 | 12% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 5 | 8% |
| Other | 13 | 20% |
| Unknown | 9 | 14% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 21 | 32% |
| Social Sciences | 10 | 15% |
| Psychology | 4 | 6% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 3 | 5% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 2 | 3% |
| Other | 14 | 22% |
| Unknown | 11 | 17% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 9. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 11 September 2017.
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