
Denzin, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA"Qualitative Social Work bridges the theory-practice divide by providing up-to-date field-based research that develops and tests the theoretical foundations of social work practice. This journal has been long-overdue." Norman K. For more information please see our "Qualitative Social Work has become an extraordinary resource for social scientists and practitioners alike." Catherine Kohler Riessman, Boston College, USA"QSW is a key reference source both for substansive studies and for methodological papers." Mike Fisher, Social Care Institute for Excellence, UK"In five short years Qualitative Social Work has become a pre-eminent journal, showcasing the range, usefulness and forms of qualitative social work research. audio/video files, datasets, additional images etc. Normally 10-15 pages (2750-4000 words).Technical ApplicationsReviews of developments that impact on qualitative research and practice such as qualitative analysis software and voice activated recording devices.This journal accepts supplementary materials, e.g. Articles may take the form of concise reviews, syntheses, reports, innovative writing forms, or reflective analyses based on dissertations and theses completed or in process, conference papers or practice accounts. We welcome articles from practitioners, new researchers and others who are finding creative ways to work with and write about qualitative research and practice. The journal includes the following regular special features:Response and CommentaryResponses to previous articles in the journal or contributions that initiate discussion of current research and practice issues.Practice and Teaching of Qualitative Social Work Critical 'how-to' accounts and reflections on the methodology and practice of qualitative social work.New Voices Articles by oppressed voices that often have been silenced, and from authors working in contexts that are new to publishing on qualitative research and practice and are exploring new possibilities for the use of qualitative research and practice. doi:10.Qualitative Social Work provides a forum for those interested in qualitative research and evaluation and in qualitative approaches to practice. Narrative in social work: a critical review In: Atkinson, Paul, and Sara DelamontNarrative in social work: A critical review SAGE qualitative research methods Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc. Thousand Oaks: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2010, pp. "Narrative in Social Work: A Critical Review." SAGE Qualitative Research Methods. SAGE Qualitative Research Methods, Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc.

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Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2010. "Narrative in Social Work: A Critical Review." In SAGE Qualitative Research Methods, 392-411. Delamont SAGE qualitative research methods (pp. Narrative in social work: a critical review. This collection includes research from the past four decades and addresses key issues or controversies, such as explanations and defences of qualitative methods ethics research questions and foreshadowed problems access first days in the field field roles and rapport practicalities of data collection and recording data analysis writing and (re) presentation the rise of auto-ethnography life history, narrative and autobiography CA and DA and alternatives to the logocentric (such as visual methods). Delving into SAGE's deep backlist of qualitative research methods journals, Paul Atkinson and Sara Delmont, editors of Qualitative Research, have selected over seventy articles to represent SAGE's distinctive contribution to Methods publishing in general and qualitative research in particular. SAGE has been a major force shaping the field of qualitative methods: not just in its specialist methods journals like Qualitative Inquiry but in the ‘empirical’journals such as Social Studies of Science.
