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`This book constitutes a valuable resource for postgraduate students and researchers. Most.... of the chapters succeed in providing a clear and comprehensive introduction to the various approaches and//or methods, thus enabling the reader to make an informed decision about whether or not they wish to pursue the topic further. The book as a whole is also very well referenced and this makes it a source of essential information for students and researchers with an interest in qualitative health psychology' - Health Psychology Update This book explains the role of qualitative research within health psychology. Theories and methods from a qualitative perspective are highly varied but, in general, differ from the po
Social Realms and the Qualities of Illness Experience
Social Realms and the Qualities of Illness Experience
Rather than addressing the application of a specific methodology to illness experience, this chapter argues that illness experiences are qualitatively different, so that they need to be described and understood by means of what is generally termed a ‘qualitative approach’. Therefore, the argument works back from the problem field to the methodology rather than from methodological preconceptions to the questions to be addressed. By making this claim I am, of course, fudging the issue, since by describing the problem and its features I shall be engaging in a loose form of qualitative practice, all the while pretending that I am just doing ‘conceptual background work’. This makes the point that ...
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