title: Phenomenology and participant feedback: convention or contention?
abstract: Steps to enhance the rigour of qualitative research are much debated in nursing research. Prolonged engagement in the field, maintaining a journal and member checks (participant feedback) can help with this. This paper examines the latter, principally as we have been intrigued by the opposing viewpoints of nurse scholars regarding this matter. A process of critically analysing our research practice, coupled with an exploration of available literature has led to some clarity on the issue, as shared here.
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Dundee, Dundee, UK.
authors.forename: Caroline
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Bradbury-Jones
authors.forename: Fiona
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Irvine
authors.forename: Sally
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sambrook
mesh_terms: D003142:Communication; D005246:Feedback; D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research / Q000379:methods*