Qualitative Research in Health Care

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Qualitative Research in Health Care

Qualitative Research in Health Care

Authors: Immy Holloway

Published: 2005

ISBN: 9780335225798 033521293X

Front Cover

Half Title

Title

Copyright

Dedication

Contents

Notes on Contributors

Foreword

Introduction

Part One

Chapter 01 MARK AVIS

Is there an epistemology for qualitative research?

Introduction: what is qualitative research?

What characterizes qualitative research?

Theory and qualitative research

Credibility of qualitative evidence

Epistemology and qualitative methodology

Social construction

A common logic for research?

Validity and qualitative research

Conclusion

References

Chapter 02

Ethical issues in qualitative health research

Introduction: the problem of ethical research

Moral philosophy

The autonomous professional and the good scientist

The purpose of research

The individual researcher’s responsibility

Typical problems

Conclusion

References

Part Two Collecting data

Chapter 03 M. CLARE TAYLOR

Interviewing

Introduction

Why interview?

The skills of the qualitative interviewer

The qualitative interview experience

Interviews for different qualitative methodological approaches

Feminist perspectives on interviews

Interviews in different health-care contexts

Rigorous and trustworthy interviews

Advantages and weaknesses

Conclusion

References

Chapter 04 JENNY KITZINGER

Focus group research1: using group dynamics to explore perceptions, experiences and understandings

Introduction

The principles of focus group research

Planning a focus group study

Conclusion

References

Chapter 05 STEPHEN WALLACE

Observing method: recognizing the significance of belief, discipline, position and documentation in observational studies

Introduction: believing is seeing?

Regarding method

Positioning the observer

Being there – the participant observer

Recording, analyzing and documenting

Conclusion

References

Part Three Choosing an approach

Chapter 06 IMMY HOLLOWAY AND LES TODRES

The status of method: flexibility, consistency and coherence1

Introduction

Exploration of the tension between flexibility and coherence

Distinctions between approaches

Combining approaches

Conclusion

References

Chapter 07 LES TODRES

Clarifying the life-world: descriptive phenomenology

Introduction

Descriptive phenomenology as philosophy

Descriptive phenomenology: a methodological approach in qualitative research

1. Formulating a research question that has a phenomenological character

2. Data collection

3. Data analysis

Critique and evaluation of the approach

Claims and limitations

Implications for professional practice

Illustration: an example of one way of presenting an essential structure

Conclusion

References

Chapter 08 FRANCES RAPPORT

Hermeneutic phenomenology: the science of interpretation of texts

Introduction

Underlying philosophical and historical developments

Husserl, Heidegger and interpretive phenomenology

Hans Georg Gadamer and hermeneutic phenomenology

The main features and key terms of hermeneutic phenomenology

Distinctions between interpretive and descriptive phenomenology

Hermeneutic phenomenological method

Critical issues

Hermeneutic phenomenology: an extended example

How decisions were made

Conclusion

References

Chapter 09 ROSALIND BLUFF

Grounded theory: the methodology

Introduction

The nature of grounded theory

Origins and history

Symbolic interactionism

The research question and the use of literature

Sampling

Data collection

Data analysis

Evaluating a grounded theory study

Application of grounded theory

An example of grounded theory research

Introduction and justification for methodology

Conclusion

References

Chapter 10 SIOBHAN SHARKEY AND JOHN AGGERGAARD LARSEN

Ethnographic exploration: participation and meaning in everyday life

Introduction

The ethnographic perspective

Doing ethnography

Analyzing data

Policy and practice

Example of an ethnography: a case study

Conclusion

References

Chapter 11 ANDREW C. SPARKES

Narrative analysis: exploring the whats and hows of personal stories

Introduction

Narrative analysis and qualitative research

Analysis of structure and form

Structure and form analysis in action

Content analysis

Content analysis in action: exemplars of narrative research

Reflections

Conclusion

References

Chapter 12 DAWN FRESHWATER

Action research for changing and improving practice

Introduction

Philosophy and origins of action research

Aims, purpose and processes

Establishing the rigour of action research

Critical reflection on action research

Reporting and disseminating action research

Summary: action research as praxis

Extended case study: clinical leadership in prison health care

Conclusion

References

Chapter 13 KATHLEEN GALVIN

Navigating a qualitative course in programme evaluation

Introduction

Influential evaluation genres

Utility in policy and role of mixed methods

Political misgivings

Example: a pragmatic evaluation of an arrest referral scheme (ARS) in drug related crime

Conclusion

References

Chapter 14 DEBBIE KRALIK

Engaging feminist thought in research: a participatory approach

Introduction

Feminist principles

Some common principles that guide a feminist approach to research

Participation in action: an example of feminist qualitative research

Conclusion

References

Chapter 15 IMMY HOLLOWAY

Qualitative writing

Introduction

Developing the argument and transforming the data

Being context-sensitive

Validity or trustworthiness: achieving quality

The writer in the tale: reflexivity

Finding the participant’s ‘voice’

Ways of writing: style and language

Conclusion

References

Conclusion

Glossary

Index