Hermeneutics and observation--a discussion

Nursing Inquiry
Dagfinn Nåden

Abstract

This study deals with hermeneutics and observation. The purpose is to discuss some central concerns of hermeneutics in relation to observation as a research method. Attention is centred on the hermeneutic process, preunderstanding, understanding, sensitivity, the fore-conception of completeness and language. Examples from an observation study are presented. The study ends with a discussion of the importance of proceeding without haste and of silence in observational hermeneutic research. The researcher must allow oneself to be influenced by these qualities if the observations are to be undertaken in a hermeneutic spirit. Physical time must be of lesser importance than inner time. The possibility then exists for the researcher to wander the hermeneutic spiral to the greatest depth possible.

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May 14, 2011·Journal of Clinical Nursing·Gunn von Krogh, Dagfinn Nåden
Nov 1, 2011·Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences·May Vatne, Dagfinn Nåden
Oct 15, 2013·International Journal of Nursing Practice·Gudrun Rudolfsson
Aug 16, 2016·Nursing Ethics·May Vatne, Dagfinn Nåden
Mar 9, 2019·Nursing Inquiry·Valerie Fleming, Yvonne Robb
Aug 2, 2019·Nursing Open·Vibeke Bruun LorentsenBerit Sæteren
Jan 18, 2020·Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences·Thomas ErikssonIngegerd Bergbom

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