This "how-to" book describes the foundations of phenomenology and the specifics of how to conduct nursing research using phenomenological designs.

Table of Contents

• About the Editor
• Contributors
• Foreword - Jeffrey McCurry, PhD
• Series Foreword
• Preface
• Acknowledgments
• 1 Phenomenological Philosophy and Research: - Tommie Nelms
• 2 Nursing Research Using Phenomenological Designs: Mary de Chesnay
• 3 Lessons From Phenomenological Studies: Marlene Z. Cohen and Barbara Swore Fletcher
• 4 Once Upon a Time: Exploring the Lived Experience of Prostitution Through Narrative: Donna Sabella
• 5 Kissing Frogs: Finding the Right Phenomenologist for Framing Qualitative Inquiry in Nursing: Rebecca Green
• 6 The Value of Dialogue When Planning and Conducting Phenomenological Research: Reflections of a Dissertation Chair and Doctoral Student: Joan Such Lockhart and Lenore K. Resick
• 7 Using Phenomenology as a Research Method in Community-Based Research: Bonnie H. Bowie and Danuta Wojnar
• 8 Being the Parent of an Infant With Colic: A Phenomenological Hermeneutic Perspective: Kajsa Landgren
• Appendix A List of Journals That Publish Qualitative Research: Mary de Chesnay
• Appendix B Essential Elements for a Qualitative Proposal: Tommie Nelms
• Appendix C Writing Qualitative Research Proposals: Joan L. Bottorff
• Appendix D Outline for a Research Proposal: Mary de Chesnay