The impact of postmodernism on research methodology: implications for nursing
作者:
Claire Parsons,
期刊:
Nursing Inquiry
(WILEY Available online 1995)
卷期:
Volume 2,
issue 1
页码: 22-28
ISSN:1320-7881
年代: 1995
DOI:10.1111/j.1440-1800.1995.tb00059.x
出版商: Blackwell Publishing Ltd
关键词: nursing research;postmodernism;qualitative;research methodology;validity
数据来源: WILEY
摘要:
The impact of postmodernism on research methodology: implications for nursingThis article considers what have been referred to as die two major crises in research methodology: (i) the crisis of legitimation (to what extent are the notions of reliability and validity still meaningful in the light of a posture that is said to approach an ’anything goes’ standpoint); and (ii) the crisis of representation (to what extent is it possible to represent the world view of ‘the odier’ without it being merely a construction of the researcher). These are discussed in order to identify aspects of a continuing debate that is of relevance to nurses for they are integral to graduate research and the ongoing application of research in hospital or community contexts. Educating nurses in research requires that they learn a repertoire of research skills such as literature critiques, developing research questions, interviewing, analysing techniques and computer‐assisted analysis. However, postmodern debates can also be beneficial by facilitating their understanding of contemporary research issues so that they can critically integrate such reflexive thinking into dieir own research practices and go on to explore new ways to undertake
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