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J S Ford

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PubMed1990

Ethical dilemmas associated with small samples.

This paper describes the ethical dilemmas which the authors encountered when conducting qualitative research with samples consisting of a small number of participants. Ethical conflicts are explored in terms of the principles of autonomy, non-maleficience, and beneficience with examples from the authors' research experiences. Although there are no definitive resolutions to these conflicts, the paper may increase awareness of the special concerns which require further study and debate.

Adaptation, Psychological↗
PubMed1990

Caring encounters.

This paper is based on conversations the author had with six nurses about their experiences of caring when working with cardiac patients. The text is orientated to elucidating the lived experience of caring so as to provide new possibilities for understanding, and to raising questions for the sake of opening up different perspectives on the nature of caring. Six themes emerge from the experiential descriptions: Sensing the patient's vulnerability: beyond the call of duty; being in tune with the patient's world; being attentively present; centring on the patient; and being comfortable with the patient. Pseudonyms are used so as to maintain anonymity of the nurses and their patients. The female pronoun is used throughout the paper because all the nurses interviewed were females.

Empathy↗
PubMed1989

Living with a history of a heart attack: a human science investigation.

The intent of this study was to gain insights into and a deeper understanding of what it means to live with a history of a heart attack for males at least 2 years after the event. The descriptive/interpretive work of the study is based on conversations with seven men who had heart attacks, all of whom subsequently returned to work. The insights emerge from the descriptions which focused respectively on the experiences of the body, other, time, and space. Pseudonyms are used instead of the participants' names. This has been necessary to maintain anonymity of the persons concerned.

Activities of Daily Living↗