ABSTRACT
This handbook provides an up-to-date reference point for ethnography in healthcare research. Taking a multi-disciplinary approach, the chapters offer a holistic view of ethnography within medical contexts.
This edited volume is organized around major methodological themes, such as ethics, interviews, narrative analysis and mixed methods. Through the use of case studies, it illustrates how methodological considerations for ethnographic healthcare research are distinct from those in other fields. It has detailed content on the methodological facets of undertaking ethnography for prospective researchers to help them to conduct research in both an ethical and safe manner. It also highlights important issues such as the role of the researcher as the key research instrument, exploring how one’s social behaviours enable the researcher to ‘get closer’ to his/her participants and thus uncover original phenomena. Furthermore, it invites critical discussion of applied methodological strategies within the global academic community by pushing forward the use of ethnography to enhance the body of knowledge in the field.
The book offers an original guide for advanced students, prospective ethnographers, and healthcare professionals aiming to utilize this methodological approach.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|7 pages
Introduction
part II|45 pages
Ethical considerations
part III|39 pages
Design and planning
chapter 6|10 pages
The door-to-door ethnographer
part IV|69 pages
Interviewing in ethnographic research
part V|16 pages
Visual/sensory ethnography
part VI|29 pages
Auto/ethnography
chapter 15|14 pages
Institution(alization), bureaucracy, and well-being?
part VII|46 pages
Observational methods in ethnographic research
chapter 19|23 pages
The ALIVE! Project
part VIII|17 pages
Note-taking and writing up
part IX|15 pages
Journals and diaries
part X|36 pages
Narrative analysis
part XI|23 pages
Projective techniques
part XII|24 pages
Focus groups
part XIII|26 pages
Multiple methods
chapter 31|13 pages
Breaking down silos
part XIV|51 pages
Analyzing data
chapter 35|14 pages
Ethnographic creative non-fiction
part XV|38 pages
Novel approaches
chapter 36|12 pages
Mapping network disturbances
chapter 38|10 pages
A whole-school approach to health and well-being
part XVI|31 pages
Conclusion