Qualitative Health Research [Paperback]

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.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.PART ONE: THE CHARACTERISTICS OF QUALITATIVE RESEARCH
The Disease of Masturbation - H Tristam Engelhardt Jr
Values and the Concept of Disease
Shakespeare in the Bush - Laura Bohannan
Context as a Source of Meaning and Understanding - Pamela S Hinds, Doris E Chaves and Sandra M Cypess
The Holistic Injunction - George W Noblit and John D Engel
An Ideal and a Moral Imperative for Qualitative Research
`Euch, Those Are For Your Husband!' - Janice M Morse
Examination of Cultural Values and Assumptions Associated with Breast-Feeding
PART TWO: THE QUALITATIVE SYNTHESIS OF RESEARCH
The Research Topic - Arnold van Gennep
Or, Folklore Without End
Comparative Analysis of Conceptualizations and Theories of Caring - Janice M Morse et al
PART THREE: PHENOMENOLOGY
Birthing Pain - Vangie Kelpin
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