Qualitative Article Critique on Palliative Care

What is the research question? In "Palliative Care Nurses' Views on Euthanasia", Verpoort et al (2004) are inquiring "what are the views of palliative care nurses about euthanasia"? "It is essential to know how nurses, who are confronted with terminally ill patients every day, think about it." (Verpoort et al, 2004, p. 592). Verpoort et al have taken the stance that nurses are scarcely heard in debates on the legalization of euthanasia in Belgium, and that nurses "are …

…allocated to words, sentences, or paragraphs. These concepts were associated with the participant's words and then grouped into categories through continuous comparison. In the axial coding phase the data as ordered by making connections between categories and sub-categories. QRS NUD*IST N4 was used in the coding process (Gahan & Hannibal, 1997). References: Verpoort, C., Gastmans, C., & Dierckz de Casterle, B. (2004). Palliative care nurses' views on euthanasia. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 47(6), pp. 592-600.