Part 6 - Sampling and generalising The point of this series is not to cover what’s already in dozens of qualitative health research textbooks, but to offer some ‘back room’ insights into the possibilities and limitations of this underused resource. So far I’ve looked at where QHR came from, the concept of criticality, the ‘insider’ or emic perspective, power, and last week, your role as the researcher. Today I want to focus on one of the most common questions people pose about QHR, and that is “How can you possibly generalise from a study when you only have six participants?” This is a great question. Not only because it strikes at the heart of one of the important differences … [Read more...] about Qualitative health research – A guide for the perplexed