Shift in power during an interview situation: Methodological reflections inspired by Foucault and Bourdieu

Nursing Inquiry

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 169-176

  Aléx, Lena ^a   Hammarström, Anne ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Discourse; Gender reflexivity; Intersectional perspective; Interview situation; Power

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FEMINISM; HISTORY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING THEORY; PHILOSOPHY; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; FEMINISM; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; NARRATION; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING THEORY; PHILOSOPHY, NURSING; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RESEARCH DESIGN; RESEARCHER-SUBJECT RELATIONS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL DOMINANCE;

EID: 43449096903     PISSN: 13207881     EISSN: 14401800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1800.2008.00398.x     Document Type: Article

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