Observations on the neglected concept of intervention in nursing research.
In this paper I will examine the concept of researcher intervention in nursing research. I will suggest that the concept is essentially problematic for both positivist and qualitative researchers, which may have some bearing upon its relative neglect as an area for discussion. I will examine the redundancy of the more popular moral frameworks in dealing with the problems raised by intervention and suggest that nursing research, being 'messy', requires the articulation of a more reflexive and contextual approach. This applies both to moral justification and to more pragmatic methodological issues. In the paper I suggest that humanistic action research, informed by recent feminist thinking, has potential to produce a more creative and clinically relevant future for nursing research than is currently so.
Johnson
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School of Nursing Studies, University of Manchester, England. Martin.Johnson@man.ac.uk
D015986:Confounding Factors, Epidemiologic; D004993:Ethics, Nursing; D019513:Feminism; D006808:Humanism; D006801:Humans; D009014:Morals; D009732:Nursing Care; D015399:Nursing Research; D010344:Patient Advocacy