This four-volume set brings together all of the major topics and issues in qualitative research, assembled to provide the researcher and student with a panoramic view of the discipline today. Collectively, the volumes provide:

- an overview of general issues in qualitative research, including epistemological ones

- discussions of the different methods employed

- information on the analysis and interpretation of data

- discussions of ethical and cultural issues in research and new techniques employed.

Each volume has an extensive introduction which places the examination of...