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Twelve Tips

Twelve tips for conducting qualitative research interviews

Cormac McGrathDepartment of Learning, Informatics, Management and Ethics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden; ;Department of Education, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden; Correspondence[email protected]
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Per J. PalmgrenDepartment of Learning, Informatics, Management and Ethics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden; ORCID Iconhttp://orcid.org/0000-0001-7499-9329View further author information
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Matilda LiljedahlDepartment of Learning, Informatics, Management and Ethics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden; ;Primary Health Care Unit, Institute of Medicine, The Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, SwedenORCID Iconhttp://orcid.org/0000-0003-2011-8180View further author information
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Pages 1002-1006 | Published online: 28 Sep 2018

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