Narrative research is an increasingly popular way of carrying out
qualitative research by analysing the stories or experience. The
findings of this type of qualitative research can be used to
improve nursing education, nursing practice and patient care and to
explore the experience of illness and the interaction between
professionals. Narrative Research in Nursing provides a
comprehensive yet straightforward introduction to narrative
research which examines the skills needed to perform narrative
interviews, analyse data, and publish results and enables nurse
researchers to use the method systematically and rigorously.
Narrative Research in Nursing examines the nature of
narratives and their role in the development of nursing and health
care. Strategies and procedures are identified, including the
practicalities of sampling, data collection, analysis and
presentation of findings. The authors discuss authenticity of
evidence and ethical issues while also exploring problems and
practicalities inherent in narrative inquiry and its dissemination.
Narrative Research in Nursing is a valuable resource for
nurses interested in writing and publishing narrative research.
Table of Content
Section 1: The nature of narratives.
Chapter 1 What is a narrative?.
Chapter 2 The appropriateness of narratives for nursing and
health care.
Chapter 3 Social construction, postmodernism and narrative
identity.
Chapter 4 Rigour in narrative research.
Section 2: Strategies and procedures in narrative research.
Chapter 5 The art of sampling.
Chapter 6 Data collection in narrative research.
Chapter 7 Narrative analysis: Contextualising narratives.
Chapter 8 Presenting the findings.
Section 3: Quality and authenticity in narrative research.
Chapter 9 Narrative and ethics.
Chapter 10 Critical review and problems.
Chapter 11 The evaluation of narrative research reports and
articles.
Chapter 12 Publication and dissemination.
Section 4: The practicalities of narrative research.
Chapter 13 The skills of the narrative researcher.
Chapter 14 Transcribing narrative data.
Chapter 15 Writing a proposal for narrative research nursing
About the author
Professor Immy Holloway is a sociologist of health and illness and Reader in the Institute of Health and Community Studies at Bournemouth University. Professor Dawn Freshwater is Reader in Primary Care in the Institute of Health and Community Studies, Bournemouth University.
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