Postmodern and Poststructural Approaches to

Offering pluralistic perspectives, this book examines the patient experience and patient care in the context of postmodern and poststructural approaches. It explores the ways in which these approaches can be used to inform us about health care; the practical aspects of proposing and carrying out research projects using these approaches; and the " intellectual journey" required to come to grips with their meaning and application.

Preface

vii

Acknowledgements

viii

Setting the Parameters: What This Book Is About and Why It Is Important

1

(16)

This Book as a Response to Research in Nursing/Health Care as an Evolving Process

1

(2)

Towards an Understanding of Postmodern and Poststructural Approaches

3

(4)

Can Postmodern and Poststructuralist Approaches Influence Practice or are They Merely Esoteric?

7

(5)

What is to Follow

12

(5)

Situating Postmodern Thought

17

(22)

What This Chapter Is About

17

(1)

What is Postmodern Thought?

18

(4)

The Work of Michel Foucault

22

(10)

Using A Postmodern Theoretical Frame in Research About Health and Health Care

32

(1)

Summary

32

(7)

Thinking and Researching Poststructurally

39

(28)

Outline of This Chapter

39

(1)

Poststructural Thought

39

(3)

Discourse Analysis: One Method within a Poststructuralist Approach

42

(14)

Deconstruction: Another Approach to Research Within Poststructural Perspectives

56

(8)

Summary

64

(3)

Speaking Practically, Part I: ``Proposing'' Research Informed by Postmodern and Poststructural Approaches

67

(26)

Overview

67

(1)

The Craft of Proposal Writing: Preliminary Considerations

68

(7)

The Craft of Proposal Writing: Creating The Text

75

(17)

Concluding Comments

92

(1)

Speaking Practically, Part II: ``Doing'' Research Informed by Postmodern and Poststructural Approaches

93

(28)

Introduction

93

(1)

Collecting and Analyzing the Material: Phase 1 of The Study

94

(5)

Phase 2: Qualitative Thematic Analysis: Developing a Chronology of Topics

99

(4)

Phase 3: Analyzing the Reporting about Toxic Shock Syndrome Discursively

103

(2)

Report on the Findings of Phase 3 Analysis

105

(9)

Concluding Comments

114

(2)

Summation

116

(5)

The Journey Forward

121

(40)

Introduction

121

(1)

Where Have We Been?

121

(3)

Where Are We?

124

(9)

The Journey Forward

133

(2)

Appendix A

Grant Application, ``Constructing Toxic Shock Syndrome''

135

(12)

Appendix B

Results of Phase 1: Quantitative Analysis of Data

147

(14)

References

161

(10)

Index

171

(4)

About the Author

175

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