title: Narrative research: a viable methodology for clinical nursing.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Narrative research provides a reasonable methodology for gathering rich, multidimensional data in the clinical setting.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To familiarize nurses with the concept of narrative research, review pertinent narrative research literature, and identify some ways this methodology can be integrated into clinical nursing.
  
  
  METHODS
  A review of published literature from psychology, sociology, anthropology, and nursing, with citations from women with breast cancer.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Narrative research can make a valid contribution to nursing science in language familiar to nurses and other healthcare professionals.
authors.affiliation: College of Nursing, University of South Florida, USA. jovercas@hsc.usf.edu
authors.forename: Janine A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Overcash
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D001294:Attitude to Health; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000451:nursing / Q000523:psychology; D015400:Clinical Nursing Research / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003625:Data Collection / Q000379:methods; D003627:Data Interpretation, Statistical; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic / Q000379:methods; D008016:Life Change Events; D033262:Narration; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research / Q000458:organization & administration*; D010934:Planning Techniques; D016730:Program Development; D036301:Qualitative Research; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012107:Research Design / Q000592:standards*; D012660:Semantics; D012803:Sick Role