'You can mix your methods, but you can't mix your paradigms': a guide to ontology and epistemology for the confused researcher

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Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	36-40
Number of pages	5
Journal	British Journal of General Practice
Volume	76
Issue number	762
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGP.2025.0390
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2026

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Epistemology for the confused researcher v2Accepted author manuscript, 96.5 KBLicence: CC BY-NC-ND
Table 1 Summary of the different paradigms_v2Accepted author manuscript, 41.1 KBLicence: CC BY-NC-ND
Box 1 components of a paradigmAccepted author manuscript, 32.5 KBLicence: CC BY-NC-ND
Box 2 Case study exampleAccepted author manuscript, 19.7 KBLicence: CC BY-NC-ND
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