Learning about qualitative research in today's BMJ

This week's British Medical Journal includes several great overview/tutorial pieces about aspects of qualitative research:

- Ayelet Kuper, Scott Reeves, and Wendy Levinson. An introduction to reading and appraising qualitative research. BMJ 2008;337:a288

- Ayelet Kuper, Lorelei Lingard, and Wendy Levinson. Critically appraising qualitative research. BMJ 2008;337:a1035

- Scott Reeves, Ayelet Kuper, and Brian David Hodges. Qualitative research methodologies: ethnography. BMJ 2008;337:a1020

- Scott Reeves, Mathieu Albert, Ayelet Kuper, and Brian David Hodges. Why use theories in qualitative research? BMJ 2008;337:a949

- Brian David Hodges, Ayelet Kuper, and Scott Reeves. Discourse analysis. BMJ 2008;337:a879

- Lorelei Lingard, Mathieu Albert, and Wendy Levinson. Grounded theory, mixed methods, and action research. BMJ 2008;337:a567