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Patricia Benner's introduction to phenomenology develops the reader's understanding of the strategies and processes involved in this innovative approach to nursing. The author discusses the relationship between theory and practice, considers the possibility of a science of caring from a feminist perspective, introduces interpretive phenomenology to the study of natural groups such as families, and suggests a basis for developing nursing ethics that is true to the caring and healing practices of the nursing profession.
MARTIN, a Computer Software Program: On Listening to What the Text Says
MARTIN, a Computer Software Program: On Listening to What the Text Says
There is an apprehension among interpretive textual researchers that, in addition to its other potential negative effects (Apple, 1988; Streibel, 1988), technology has a reductive effect on the interpretation of complex phenomena. At the same time, researchers face a troubling but real dilemma: how can voluminous textual materials be studied, shared, stored, and retrieved efficiently without benefit of technology? Regardless of the validity of their apprehension, it can be argued that not utilizing technological tools can have as great an impact on research as using them by limiting studies to those that are smaller, less complex, and more realizable.
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