An overview of interpretive phenomenology as a research methodology

Nurse Researcher

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 17-20

  Tuohy, Dympna ^a,c   Cooney, Adeline ^c   Dowling, Maura ^b,c   Murphy, Kathy ^c   Sixsmith, Jane ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

^b Cert Oncology Nursing ^*  (Ireland)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Hermeneutic; Interpretive phenomenology; Methodology; Nursing; Phenomenology; Research

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PHILOSOPHY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REVIEW;

HUMANS; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PHILOSOPHY, NURSING; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

EID: 84883022962     PISSN: 13515578     EISSN: 20478992     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.7748/nr2013.07.20.6.17.e315     Document Type: Article

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