Medical Research, Nursing Research & Theory

Qualitative Health Research

Name: Qualitative Health Research
Author: Janice M. Morse
ISBN: 9780803947757

by Janice M. Morse

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Overview

A compilation of major articles concerned with qualitative health research, this volume explores research assumptions, research synthesis, phenomenology, ethnography, ethnoscience, grounded theory and semi-structured questionnaires.

All the articles relate aspects of qualitative research to specific health care concerns such as: patients leaving a psychiatric hospital, the menopause and conditions such as asthma. Nursing theories of caring and commitment are also considered.

Synopsis

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Intended as a text for courses in the subject, this collection of articles treats phenomenology, ethnography, ethnoscience, grounded theory, and semistructured questionnaires. Among the topics: the experience and cultural context of breastfeeding, birthing pain, asthma, the concept of disease, and leaving the psychiatric hospital. The editor provides an introduction to each section, but the lack of an index is a serious flaw. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

About the Author, Janice M. Morse

Janice Morse (RN, PhD [Anthropology], PhD [Nursing], DNurs [Hon], FAAN) is Director, International Institute of Qualitative Methodology, Professor, Faculty of Nursing, University of Alberta, and Adjunct Professor, School of Nursing, Pennsylvania State University. She is a Canadian Institute for Health Research (CIHR) Senior Scientist and an AHFMR Senior Scholar. She has an interest in developing qualitative methods, and has published more than 200 articles and 13 books on clinical nursing research and research methods. Her more recent books include Qualitative research methods for health professionals (with P. A. Field), Qualitative health research, Qualitative nursing research: A contemporary dialogue, Critical issues in qualitative research, Completing a qualitative project, and The nature of qualitative evidence(with J. M. Swanson and A. Kuzel). She is the editor of Qualitative Health Research, an interdisciplinary journal publishing on qualitative methods and research. She was the 1987 Sigma Theta Tau Episteme Laureate, and in 1999 she received an honorary doctorate from the University of Newcastle, Australia, for her contribution to nursing knowledge. She is presently funded by CIHR to conduct a qualitative study on suffering and enduring.

(RN, PhD [Anthropology], PhD [Nursing], DNurs [Hon], FAAN) is Director, International Institute of Qualitative Methodology, Professor, Faculty of Nursing, University of Alberta, and Adjunct Professor, School of Nursing, Pennsylvania State University. She is a Canadian Institute for Health Research (CIHR) Senior Scientist and an AHFMR Senior Scholar. She has an interest in developing qualitative methods, and has published more than200 articles and 13 books on clinical nursing research and research methods. Her more recent books include Qualitative research methods for health professionals (with P. A. Field), Qualitative health research, Qualitative nursing research: A contemporary dialogue, Critical issues in qualitative research, Completing a qualitative project, and The nature of qualitative evidence(with J. M. Swanson and A. Kuzel). She is the editor of Qualitative Health Research, an interdisciplinary journal publishing on qualitative methods and research. She was the 1987 Sigma Theta Tau Episteme Laureate, and in 1999 she received an honorary doctorate from the University of Newcastle, Australia, for her contribution to nursing knowledge. She is presently funded by CIHR to conduct a qualitative study on suffering and enduring.