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Klappentext Qualitative research methods are growing in importance and in use amongst nurses and other health researchers. Qualitative Health Research showcases the cutting-edge developments and seminal studies in research practice and research theory in this field. At the same time these volumes detail the long and fascinating history of the use of qualitative approaches to the study of health and illness, providing a complete map of the field. The four volumes focus on 'Patients and Disease', 'Health Professionals and their Work', 'Healthcare Organisations' and 'Patient Experiences'. This will be this first major work in SAGE's new series 'Fundamentals of Applied Research'. Zusammenfassung Qualitative Health Research seeks to map the field through tracking the gradual wider adoption of qualitative methods in health research by showcasing seminal research in the field. The three volumes will focus, respectively on 'Patients and Disease', 'Health Professionals and Patients', and 'Organisations and Work Places'. Inhaltsverzeichnis VOLUME 1: PATIENTS AND DISEASES Part 1: What is a Disease? What Is Disease? - L. S. King The Study of Disease in Relation to Culture - H. Fabrega, Jr. Ilnness, Therapy and the Modern Urban - T. Parsons and R. Fox The Insanity of Place - E. Goffman Disability as Social Deviance - E. Freidson Illness and Everyday Life - R. Dingwall Part 2: Experiencing Disease History, Culture and Subjective Experience: An exploration of the social bases of drug-induced experiences - H. Becker The Cardiac Patient¿s Perception of his Heart - B. Cowie Social Movements, the Occupational Arena and Changes in Career Consciousness: The case of women flight attendants - Roberta Lessor Epidemic Psychology - A Model - P.M. Strong The Epidemiology of a Folk Illness: "Susto" - Rubel Part 3: Diagnosing Disease "Feed a Cold, Starve a Fever" - Folk models of infection in an English suburban community, and their relation to medical treatment - C.G. Helman The Diagnosis of Disease Among the Subanun of Mindanao - C. Frake The Hierarchy of Resort in Curative Practices: The Admiralty Islands, Melanesia - Lola Romanucci Schwartz Bishop Berkeley and the Adeno-tonsillectomy Enigma - M. Bloor Typification in the Diagnostic Practices of Rehabilitation Agencies - T. Scheff Orchestrating an Encounter: A note on the talk of mentally handicapped children - J. Brewer, G. McBride and S. Yearley Part 4: Medication and Medicalization The Discovery of Hyperkinesis: Notes on the medicalization of deviant behavior - P. Conrad Media and Medicine The Message of Psychotropic Drug - G.V. Stimson Body Ritual among The Nacirema American - H. Miner Sociological Imperialism and the Profession of Medicine: A critical examination of the thesis of medical imperialism - P.M. Strong Obeying Doctor¿s Orders: A view from the other side - G.V. Stimson Compliance and the Patient¿s Perspective: Controlling symptoms in everyday life - L.M. Hunt, B. Jordan, S. Irwin and C.H. Browner VOLUME 2: HEALTH PROFESSIONS AND THEIR WORK Part 1: Professions Professions - E.C. Hughes Part 2: Professional/Patient Interaction Physician and Patient as a Social System New England - L.J. Henderson Behavior in Private Places: Sustaining definitions of reality in gynecological examinations - J.P. Emerson Going Private: Ceremonial Forms in a Private Oncology Clinic - D. Silverman Pain Talk: The Expression of Suffering in the Medical Consultation - C.C. Heath Online Commentary in Acute Medical Visits: A method of shaping patient expectations - J. Heritage and T. Stivers Bad News in Oncology: How physician and patient talk about death and dying without using those words - K. Lutfey and D. Maynard Part 3: Professional Socialization Initiation ...
