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dc.contributor.authorTower, M
dc.contributor.authorRowe, J
dc.contributor.authorWallis, M
dc.contributor.editorLeslie Gelling
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-03T14:22:51Z
dc.date.available2017-05-03T14:22:51Z
dc.date.issued2012
dc.date.modified2013-03-27T22:44:02Z
dc.identifier.issn1351-5578
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/49183
dc.description.abstractAim To demonstrate the methodological usefulness of interpretive interactionism by applying it to the example of a study investigating healthcare experiences of women affected by domestic violence. Background Understanding patients' experiences of health, illness and health care is important to nurses. For many years, biomedical discourse has prevailed in healthcare language and research, and has influenced healthcare responses. Contemporary nursing scholarship can be developed by engaging with new ways of understanding therapeutic interactions with patients. Research that uses qualitative methods of inquiry is an important paradigm for nurses who seek to explain and understand or describe experiences rather than predict outcomes. Discussion Interpretive interactionism is an interpretive form of inquiry for conducting studies of social or personal problems that have healthcare policy implications. It puts the patient at the centre of the research process and makes visible the experiences of patients as they interact with the healthcare and social systems that surround them. Interpretive interactionism draws on concepts of symbolic interactionism, phenomenology and hermeneutics. Conclusion Interpretive interactionism is a patient- centred methodology that provides an alternative way of understanding patients' experiences. It can contribute to policy and practice development by drawing on the perspectives and experiences of patients, who are central to the research process. It also allows research findings to be situated in and linked to healthcare policy, professional ethics and organisational approaches to care. Implications for research/practice Interpretive interactionism has methodological utility because it can contribute to policy and practice development by drawing on the perspectives and experiences of patients who are central to the research process. Interpretive interactionism allows research findings to be situated in and linked to health policy, professional ethics and organisational approaches to caring.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherRCN Publishing Co.
dc.publisher.placeUnited Kingdom
dc.publisher.urihttp://nurseresearcher.rcnpublishing.co.uk/archive/article-investigating-patients-experiences-methodological-usefulness-of-interpretive-interactionism
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublicationN
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom39
dc.relation.ispartofpageto44
dc.relation.ispartofissue1
dc.relation.ispartofjournalNurse Researcher
dc.relation.ispartofvolume20
dc.rights.retentionY
dc.subject.fieldofresearchNursing
dc.subject.fieldofresearchNursing not elsewhere classified
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode4205
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode420599
dc.titleInvestigating patients’ experiences: methodological usefulness of interpretive interactionism
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.facultyGriffith Health, School of Nursing and Midwifery
gro.rights.copyrightSelf-archiving of the author-manuscript version is not yet supported by this journal. Please refer to the journal link for access to the definitive, published version or contact the authors for more information.
gro.date.issued2012
gro.hasfulltextNo Full Text
gro.griffith.authorTower, Marion A.


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