AI and Qualitative Health Research: Working Through a Necessary Grieving Process

Jordan Sibeoni, Laurence Verneuil, Emilie Manolios, Jean-Pierre Meunier, Christian Ponsard, Jeanne Mathé, Anne Revah-Lévy, SEA Department, Hôpital Argenteuil Centre, Argenteuil Cedex, ECSTRRA Team, Université Paris Cité, Pôle précarité, GHU Paris psychiatrie et neurosciences Site Sainte-Anne, Service de psychiatrie et addictologie de l, adulte et du sujet âgé, hôpital Européen Georges Pompidou, Service Soins Oncologiques de Support, Centre Jean Perrin

Qualitative Health Research

Published online on March 06, 2026

Abstract

Qualitative Health Research, Ahead of Print.
Qualitative health research has been shaken by the rapid uptake of artificial intelligence (AI), especially large language models. Drawing on Kübler-Ross’s five-stage grief heuristic, we articulate a provocative, yet constructive, map of the field’s ...