Emotions and Reflexivity in Health & Social Care Field Research (eBook)

Helen Allan is Professor in Nursing at the Centre for Critical Research in Nursing & Midwifery, Middlesex University, London, UK. She was awarded her PhD in 2000 from the Royal College of Nursing Institute/University of Manchester and has supervised PhD and clinical doctorates since 2002.Anne Arber is Senior Lecturer in Cancer and Palliative Care, School of Health Sciences, University of Surrey, Guildford, Surrey, UK. She was awarded her PhD in 2004 from Goldsmiths, University of London, UK. She conducts research in cancer and palliative care and has supervised PhD and clinical doctorate students since 2004.

Chapter 1. Introduction; Helen Allan and Anne Arber.- Chapter 2. Using a Research Diary for Reflexivity; Sarah Li.- Chapter 3. Emotions in the Field: Research in the Infertility Clinic; Helen Allan.- Chapter 4. Managing the Dual Identity: Practitioner and Researcher.- Chapter 5. Fieldwork in Other Cultures; Nicola Ayers.- Chapter 6. Fieldwork with Vulnerable Young People; Kit Tapson.- Chapter 7. Researching People Living with HIV-related Infertility; Tam Cane.- Chapter 8. Emotion Work in Ethnography; Ginny Mounce.- Chapter 9. Pulling it Together; Helen Allan and Anne Arber.