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Qualitative Health Research (QHR) is a peer-reviewed journal published fourteen times annually that provides an international, interdisciplinary forum to enhance health care and further the development and understanding of qualitative research in health-care settings. QHR is an invaluable resource for researchers and academics, administrators and others in the health and social service professions, and graduates who seek examples of qualitative methods. View full journal description

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It is with sadness that we learned that qualitative health research, both the discipline and the journal, lost one of its pioneers, Pertti (Bert) Pelto.