Hermeneutic Phenomenological Research: A Practical Guide for Nurse Researchers

by Marlene Zichi Cohen

Of all the qualitative research methods, none has provoked more interest among nurses than phenomenological research. As part of Pam Brink′s nuts and bolts series on research methods for nurses, this volume will provide a much needed introduction to this methodology including discussions on site-access, preparation, proposal-writing, ethical issues, data collections, bias reduction, data analysis, and research publication.

128 pages, Paperback

First published May 26, 2000

Reviews

[Evan Micheals · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was another academic read as I go down my path of attempting a Hermenuetic research project. I am a Nurse so I was hoping for gold within this. I took a lot of notes, and have a better understanding of what I have to do, but do not feel I quite ‘know’ yet.

My academic area of interest is local Indigenous Australian Myth and how it might inform contemporary psychotherapy practice. This book was focused on doing Hermenuetics on the lived experience of people. I think I need to look at how Hermeneutics is done to interpret religious texts to get a better guide in how to go about my research project. If you are looking at how to investigate the lived experience of people who come into the health care setting. This is an excellent guide, but not quite what I was looking for.