Applied Nursing Research
Volume 25, Issue 1 , Pages 47-53 , February 2012

Qualitative data collection with children

  • Regena Spratling, MS, RN

      Affiliations

    • North Georgia College and State University, Dahlonega, GA 30597, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 706 864 1932; fax: +1 706 864 1845.
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  • Sallie Coke, MS, RN

      Affiliations

    • Georgia College and State University, Milledgeville, GA 31061, USA
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  • Ptlene Minick, PhD, RN

      Affiliations

    • Georgia State University, Byrdine F. Lewis School of Nursing, P.O. Box 4019, Atlanta, GA 30302-4019, USA

Received 2 October 2009 ,Revised 8 February 2010 ,Accepted 15 February 2010.

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 Previous presentation of paper: Spratling, R., and Coke, S. Phenomenological Interviews with Children. Poster presentation at Southern Nursing Research Society conference, Baltimore, MD, 2009.

PII: S0897-1897(10)00010-8

doi: 10.1016/j.apnr.2010.02.005

Applied Nursing Research
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