Hermeneutics and narration: A way to deal with qualitative data

Nursing Inquiry

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 114-125

  Wiklund, Lena ^a,b,c   Lindholm, Lisbet ^b   Lindström, Unni Å ^b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b ÅBO AKADEMI UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^c NONE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Caring; Hermeneutics; Narrative; Suffering

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; EMPATHY; HUMAN; LITERATURE; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; NURSING; NURSING RESEARCH; PHILOSOPHY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; EMPATHY; HUMANS; MALE; METAPHOR; NURSING RESEARCH; PHILOSOPHY, NURSING; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 0036597694     PISSN: 13207881     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1800.2002.00132.x     Document Type: Article

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