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- Title
Coming to Terms With Perceived Danger.
- Authors
Eaves, Yvonne D.; Kahn, David L.
- Abstract
Little attention has been given to the topic of perceived or imagined dangers in fieldwork, even though such dangers may significantly affect both collection and interpretation of data in qualitative research. Furthermore, methodological arguments persist in regard to interpreting qualitative research that gives voice simultaneously to the research participant and the researcher. In this article reflexivity and narrative methods were used to examine the concept of perceived danger(s) in afield setting using naturalistic inquiry. First, reflexivity and narrative methods were used to retrospectively construct a personal narrative that describes the impact of the field experience on the researcher. Then, narrative analysis was used to interpret this personal narrative and to further examine why the researcher "perceived" certain dangers, and how she came to know that these risks and dangers were presumed but unwarranted. This narrative is an example of how qualitative researchers can give voice to their field experiences.
- Subjects
INQUIRY (Theory of knowledge); ACTION research in nursing
- Publication
Journal of Holistic Nursing, 2000, Vol 18, Issue 1, p27
- ISSN
0898-0101
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/089801010001800105