Abstract
The origin of this article is an evaluation study completed in the fall of 1997. The study was designed for the purpose of process evaluation of a project aimed at offering health services in a daytime hospice to patients ill with cancer, living at home. The intent of the article is to present an overview and critique of the methods utilized in the evaluation study. Particularly will Focus Group Interviews as methods for data collection be addressed in the article. The goal is to share experience, thus drawing other researchers' attention to designs and methods that may produce effective, complete, valid and reliable sets of data as basis for analysis in evaluation. The conclusion of the critique stresses the researcher's responsibility for using objectives and goals of the study as primary guide for developing the research protocols. Regardless of choice the criteria recommended for using a specific method must be overheld. In case of the study, violation of recommended use of Focus Group Interview as method failed to disclose valid and reliable data aimed at exploring and describing activities characterizing processes within a collaborative team of health professionals in the project.