Sally Thorne

221 papers receiving 12.6k citations

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Interpretive description: A flexible qualitative methodology for medical education research 2020 · 368 citations
3680+9+19Years since publication4008001.2k

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Sally Thorne
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  • Research and Theory 289
  • Issues, ethics and legal aspects 195
  • General Health Professions 3.2k
  • Radiological and Ultrasound Technology 401
  • Clinical Psychology 1.4k
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The Analytic Challenge in Interpretive Description
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20041277
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Interpretive description: A noncategorical qualitative alternative for developing nursing knowledge
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19971215
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Data analysis in qualitative research
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2000805
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Time to challenge the spurious hierarchy of systematic over narrative reviews?
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2018696
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Interpretive Description: Qualitative Research for Applied Practice
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2016654
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Qualitative Metasynthesis: Reflections on Methodological Orientation and Ideological Agenda
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2004592
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Meta-Study of Qualitative Health Research
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2001530
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Interpretive description: A flexible qualitative methodology for medical education research
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2020368
9 2005200
10 2003168
11 1998156
12 1998152
13 1988152
14 1993148
15 2002143
16 2000137
17 1999133
18 2002127
19 2002127
20 2004125

About Sally Thorne

Sally Thorne is a scholar working on General Health Professions, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Sociology and Political Science, Oncology and Psychiatry and Mental health, having authored 234 papers that have together received 13.4k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues (39 papers), Patient-Provider Communication in Healthcare (26 papers), Ethics in medical practice (20 papers), Cancer survivorship and care (17 papers), Qualitative Research Methods and Ethics (15 papers), Empathy and Medical Education (15 papers), Health Policy Implementation Science (14 papers) and Nursing Education, Practice, and Leadership (13 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Research and Theory (289 citations), Issues, ethics and legal aspects (195 citations), General Health Professions (3.2k citations), Radiological and Ultrasound Technology (401 citations) and Clinical Psychology (1.4k citations). Sally Thorne has collaborated with scholars based in Canada, United States and Denmark. Frequent co-authors include Sheryl Reimer‐Kirkham, Barbara Paterson, Kirsti Malterud, Trisha Greenhalgh, Carole A. Robinson, Connie Canam, Carol Jillings, Cynthia K. Russell, T. Gregory Hislop and Gurjit Sandhu. Their work appears in journals such as Qualitative Health Research, Journal of Advanced Nursing, Nursing Inquiry, Nursing Philosophy and Global Qualitative Nursing Research.

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