TY - JOUR
T1 - Autobiography as genre for qualitative data : a reservoir of experience for nursing research
AU - Power, Tamara
AU - Jackson, Debra
AU - Weaver, Roslyn
AU - Wilkes, Lesley
AU - Carter, Bernie
PY - 2012
Y1 - 2012
N2 - This paper is concerned with the use of published literary autobiographies that contain first-hand accounts of illness narratives, to explore their usefulness as a form of qualitative data to generate knowledge that can inform nursing practice. There is increasing realisation that the experiences of patients and families should be used to guide health care service delivery, and autobiographical accounts are a valuable resource, providing first-hand accounts of the ways illness, disability, and health care, are experienced by patients and their families.
AB - This paper is concerned with the use of published literary autobiographies that contain first-hand accounts of illness narratives, to explore their usefulness as a form of qualitative data to generate knowledge that can inform nursing practice. There is increasing realisation that the experiences of patients and families should be used to guide health care service delivery, and autobiographical accounts are a valuable resource, providing first-hand accounts of the ways illness, disability, and health care, are experienced by patients and their families.
KW - autobiography
KW - nursing research
KW - patients
KW - qualitative research
UR - http://handle.uws.edu.au:8081/1959.7/516870
U2 - 10.1016/j.colegn.2011.09.001
DO - 10.1016/j.colegn.2011.09.001
M3 - Article
SN - 1322-7696
VL - 19
SP - 39
EP - 43
JO - Collegian
JF - Collegian
IS - 1
ER -