Introducing Qualitative Research: A Students Guide

About Rosaline S. Barbour

Rosaline (Rose) S. Barbour is an Emerita Professor at the Open University UK. A medical medial sociologist by discipline she has carried out research on a variety of topics including reproductive/maternal health HIV/AIDS obesity and cancer. Significantly all of these projects are located at the intersection of the social and the clinical thus affording a vantage point for developing and interrogating disciplinary and theoretical frameworks. Rose has published widely on qualitative research particularly in relation to focus groups and the issue of rigour. Her most recent publications include Introducing Qualitative Research A Students Guide 2nd ed. (SAGE 2014); Doing Focus Groups 2nd ed. (SAGE 2018); and A New Era of Focus Group Research: Challenges Innovation and Practice (coedited with David L. Morgan; Palgrave 2017).