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The doctor, the father, and the social scientist
  1. P Sidebotham
  1. Institute of Child Health, Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Bristol, UK
  1. Correspondence to:
    Dr P Sidebotham, Institute of Child Health, Royal Hospital for Sick Children, St Michael’s Hill, Bristol BS2 8BJ, UK;
    p.sidebotham{at}bristol.ac.uk

Abstract

Life was sorted. With membership of the college under my belt, and my paediatric training completed, I needed a new challenge. I decided to launch into the deep waters of qualitative research. Stepping out with some trepidation into semistructured interviews and grounded theory, I soon found that the water was neither as deep nor as unknown as I had feared.

  • doctor-patient communication
  • qualitative research
  • parenting

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