A study of the perceptions of hospice day care patients: my phenomenological methodology.
This paper describes the phenomenological methodology used to evaluate a hospice day care service from the perspective of twelve patients attending a UK hospice in June/July 1996. It briefly compares and contrasts a variety of phenomenological methodologies, then gives an account of the development and application of the phenomenological methodology used for the study.
Hopkinson
J B
JB
St. Ann's Hospice, Heald Green, Manchester, UK.
D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001294:Attitude to Health; D003631:Day Care, Medical / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D017051:Hospice Care / Q000523:psychology*; D006808:Humanism; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000451:nursing / Q000523:psychology; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research / Q000379:methods*; D009742:Nursing Theory; D010687:Philosophy, Nursing; D013727:Terminal Care / Q000523:psychology