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My death nearing its future: a Heideggerian hermeneutical analysis of the lived experience of persons with chronic illness
Author(s) -
Gullickson Colleen
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
journal of advanced nursing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.948
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 1365-2648
pISSN - 0309-2402
DOI - 10.1046/j.1365-2648.1993.18091386.x
Subject(s) - phenomenology (philosophy) , lived experience , hermeneutic phenomenology , hermeneutics , narrative , psychology , interpretative phenomenological analysis , qualitative research , phenomenological method , developmental psychology , psychotherapist , epistemology , sociology , philosophy , social science , linguistics
Although over 50% of individuals over the age of 65 live with at least one chronic illness, little research has been conducted on the individual lived experience For this phenomenological study, 12 individuals living with any long‐term illness participated in extended, non‐structured, audio‐recorded interviews Resulting verbatim transcripts were analysed hermeneutically using Heideggenan phenomenology as the philosophical framework The pattern ‘my death nearing its future’ emerged from this research The understandings gained from these individual narratives provide important insight for all individuals interacting with persons living with chronic illness