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Listening to them and reading me: a hermeneutic approach to understanding the experience of illness
Author(s) -
RobertsonMalt Suzie
Publication year - 1999
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.1365-2648.1999.00830.x
Subject(s) - hermeneutics , active listening , credence , phenomenology (philosophy) , epistemology , reading (process) , psychology , lived experience , hermeneutic phenomenology , pedagogy , psychotherapist , philosophy , linguistics , computer science , machine learning
Listening to them and reading me: a hermenuetic approach to understanding the experience of illness ¶Developing a method that is pragmatic yet theoretically consistent with the philosophies of hermeneutics and phenomenology is a constant hurdle for any researcher endeavouring to engage their inquiry in this manner, particularly when its proponents refute the credence of hermeneutics as a research method. This paper discusses how Van Manen's six research activities can act as a framework, that when modified to suit the particular needs of the research project, can promote a process of inquiry that works with these philosophies towards an unfoldment of new understandings of the human experience in illness.