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Clinical and epidemiological research is indispensable for improvements in evidence-based healthcare and health outcomes, but it also leaves important gaps in our understanding of health and illness. Qualitative research has been increasingly recognized as a key to addressing some of these gaps, using both exploratory (to gain a more complete and in-depth understanding of problems) and explanatory (to explain quantitative results) approaches. By finding out 'what's going on' and bringing people's stories to light, qualitative research is widely advocated as crucial in enhancing patient-centered research and healthcare.
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