title: [Interprative phenomenology: a qualitative research method for nursing care].
abstract: This paper aims at discussing interpretive phenomenology as a research method and at demonstrating its usefulness for nursing. The philosophical background of phenomenology and aspects of the philosophical perspective underlying interpretive phenomenology are discussed. The research process with data collection, analysis, and presentation of the results, as well as the evaluation of such studies are elucidated. Interpretive phenomenology allows insights into the daily world of ill or disabled people and their families. The articulation of their experiences gives them a voice and has the capacity to bring about positive changes in nursing practice.
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, University of California, San Francisco. espichi@itsa.ucsf.edu
authors.forename: Elisabeth
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Spichiger
authors.forename: Heleen
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Prakke
mesh_terms: D017028:Caregivers; D015400:Clinical Nursing Research / Q000379:methods*; D003625:Data Collection; D003627:Data Interpretation, Statistical; D006701:Home Nursing; D006801:Humans; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D010687:Philosophy, Nursing; D011368:Professional-Family Relations