Culture and Meaning in Health Services Research: An Applied Approach

ISBN-13: 9781598741377 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 336 str.

Elisa J. Sobo

Opis

Culture and Meaning in Health Services Research is a practical guide to applying interpretive qualitative methods to pressing healthcare delivery problems. A leading medical anthropologist who has spent many years working in applied healthcare settings, Sobo combines sophisticated theoretical insights and methodological rigor with authentic, real-world examples and applications. In addition to clearly explaining the nuanced practice of ethnography and guiding the reader through specific methods that can be used in focus groups or interviewing to yield useful findings, Sobo considers the social relationships and power dynamics that influence field entry, data ownership, research deliverables, and authorship decisions. Crafted to communicate the importance of culture and meaning across the many disciplines engaged in health services research, this book is ideal for courses in such fields as public health and health administration, nursing, anthropology, health psychology, and sociology.

Spis treści

I: The Value of Meaning; 1: The Journey Ahead: Aims and Means; 2: Why Focus on Stories?; II: The Lay of the Land; 3: Medical Anthropology: An Agenda; 4: Anthropology in and of Health Services; 5: Health Services: An Insider's Guide; 6: The Culture Concept, Cultural Competence, and the Dangers of “Anthro Lite”; III: Methodological Theory and Practice; 7: Doing Science—And Other Systematic Things; 8: Epistemology and Evidence: How Do We Know What We Know?; 9: The Realities of Research: Where and How to Begin; IV: Specific Methods; 10: Refocusing Focus Group Data Collection and Analysis; 11: Making the Most of One-Time Interviews; 12: Collecting Data as; 13: Making Rapid Improvements; V: Power Dynamics: The Politics of Research; 14: Institutional and Other; 15: Framing Our Message: Telling Stories, Making Action

O autorze

Elisa J Sobo