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ISBN: 9781405114080 | 1405114088
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Copyright: 2/27/2007

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Narratives are increasingly used within nursing because of their ability to provide answers to research questions which are difficult to answer by more traditional research methods e.g. to support investigation into the experience of illness, the practice of nursing, or to develop nurse education. This distinctive text provides a comprehensive yet straightforward introduction to narrative research which Examines the skills needed to perform narrative interviews, analyse data, and publish results and enables nurse researchers to use the method systematically and rigorously.

Preface	p. vii
About the Authors	p. ix
Perspectives on Narrative Research
The Nature and Features of Narrative Research	p. 3
Defining the concept and character of narrative	p. 4
Narrative in a historical context	p. 6
Telling tales	p. 7
The social and cultural context of stories	p. 9
Narrative, plot and emplotment	p. 9
Illness narratives	p. 13
Summary	p. 14
Narrative Research: Understanding People's Lives	p. 15
Typologies, models and features of narrative	p. 16
Social constructionism	p. 20
The difference between narrative inquiry and other qualitative approaches	p. 20
The functions of narratives	p. 21
Summary	p. 22
Narrative Research in Nursing	p. 23
The rise of narrative research in nursing	p. 24
Evidence based practice and clinical relevance	p. 25
What is evidence based practice?	p. 27
Holistic care versus dehumanised care	p. 29
The art of nursing	p. 30
Meaningful nursing inquiry	p. 31
User involvement and narrative research	p. 32
Narratives in nursing research: beyond dualism?	p. 34
What can narrative research offer the nursing profession?	p. 34
The experience of illness	p. 35
Narrative and creativity	p. 36
Narrative in nurse education	p. 37
Summary	p. 37
Narrative and the Construction of Identity	p. 39
Selfhood and the search for identity	p. 39
The active self: identity in the wider context	p. 42
Entering the social world	p. 44
Shifting identity: narratives as adjustment or liberation from self	p. 45
Power, authority and identity	p. 47
Gender, culture and collective identity	p. 47
Transformation of self through narrative and emotion	p. 48
Summary	p. 49
Collecting, Analysing and Presenting Data
Ethical and Political Implications of Narrative Research	p. 53
Ethics, narrative identity and informed consent	p. 55
Ethics and narrative analysis	p. 56
Confidentiality	p. 56
Narrative and the politics of research	p. 57
Narrative as constructing ethics	p. 59
Summary	p. 60
The Proposal for a Narrative Study	p. 61
The research question or problem	p. 62
The rationale of the project and the initial literature review	p. 64
The significance of the proposed research to nursing	p. 65
Practical considerations	p. 66
Design, procedures and process	p. 66
Ethical issues	p. 67
Summary	p. 67
The Art of Sampling and Collecting Data	p. 69
Identifying and selecting potential participants	p. 69
Sample size	p. 70
Types of sampling	p. 71
Access and negotiation	p. 73
The relationship between researcher and storytellers	p. 75
Collecting data from interviews and other sources	p. 75
Summary	p. 78
Narrative Analysis and Contextualisation	p. 80
Concepts related to narrative analysis	p. 82
Approaches to narrative analysis	p. 83
Levels of analysis	p. 86
Analysis and interpretation	p. 87
Reflexivity	p. 87
Summary	p. 88
Presenting Narrative Research	p. 90
Presenting the narrative	p. 91
The elements of the report and the process of writing	p. 92
The use of quotes and examples	p. 97
Contextualisation and 'thick description'	p. 98
Performative social science	p. 99
Complexity	p. 100
Conclusion	p. 101
Summary	p. 101
Critical Issues
Trustworthiness and Authenticity in Narrative Research	p. 105
The participant's story	p. 105
The narrative of the researcher	p. 107
Subjectivity, objectivity and intersubjectivity	p. 108
Narrative as science and art: plausibility and rigour	p. 110
Reflexivity and contextuality	p. 110
The question of validity	p. 111
Reliability and contextualisation	p. 111
Transferability or generalisability	p. 113
Summary	p. 116
Problems and Critical Issues	p. 117
The researcher's problems	p. 118
Analysis and social structure	p. 120
Interpretation and meaning	p. 121
The truth of stories	p. 122
Stories and memory	p. 123
Self-critique and critique by others	p. 123
Summary	p. 124
Practical Considerations
Writing for Publication and Other Ways of Disseminating Narrative Research	p. 127
Writing an article for the appropriate journal	p. 129
Style of writing	p. 131
Peer review of articles	p. 132
The technical process of writing and publishing an article	p. 133
The problems of publishing narrative research	p. 134
Publishing a book	p. 134
Ethical issues in dissemination	p. 135
Giving oral presentations at conferences or meetings	p. 136
Practical issues in presentations	p. 137
Presenting in the workplace and to specialist groups	p. 138
Summary	p. 138
Practical Issues in Narrative Research	p. 139
Recording and transcribing narrative data	p. 139
The use of quotes and quotations in the final researcher narrative	p. 142
Evaluation of narrative research	p. 142
Questions for evaluating a narrative study	p. 145
The skills of the narrative researcher	p. 147
Developing an empathic stance as researcher	p. 148
Person centred relationships	p. 148
Creating the core conditions	p. 149
Reciprocity and dialogue	p. 156
Summary	p. 157
References	p. 158
Index	p. 171
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