Employing the arts in research as an analytical tool and dissemination method: Interpreting experience through the Aesthetic

Qualitative Inquiry

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 100-115

  Lapum, Jennifer ^a   Ruttonsha, Perin ^a   Church, Kathryn ^a   Yau, Terrence ^b,c   David, Alison Matthews ^a  

^a RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b TORONTO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aesthetic; arts; arts informed research; dissemination; health care; heart surgery; imagination; narrative; photography; poetry; visual arts exhibition

Indexed keywords

EID: 83455213945     PISSN: 10778004     EISSN: 15527565     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077800411427852     Document Type: Article

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