Ethnography: principles, practice and potential

Ethnography is a methodology that is gaining popularity in nursing and healthcare research. It is concerned with studying people in their cultural context and how their behaviour, either as individuals or as part of a group, is influenced by this cultural context. Ethnography is a form of social res...

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Published inNursing standard Vol. 29; no. 36; pp. 36 - 41
Main Author Draper, Jan
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published England RCNi 06.05.2015
Subjects
Anthropology, Cultural - education
Anthropology, Cultural - methods
Ethnography
Health care
Humans
Infertility
Knowledge management
Nurses
Nursing
Patients
Principles
Qualitative Research
Research Design - trends
Researchers
Studies
United Kingdom
research methods
Ethnography
healthcare research
qualitative enquiry
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Summary:Ethnography is a methodology that is gaining popularity in nursing and healthcare research. It is concerned with studying people in their cultural context and how their behaviour, either as individuals or as part of a group, is influenced by this cultural context. Ethnography is a form of social research and has much in common with other forms of qualitative enquiry. While classical ethnography was characteristically concerned with describing 'other' cultures, contemporary ethnography has focused on settings nearer to home. This article outlines some of the underlying principles and practice of ethnography, and its potential for nursing and healthcare practice.
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ISSN:0029-6570
2047-9018
DOI:10.7748/ns.29.36.36.e8937