Conducting ethnography in medical settings
Conducting ethnography in medical settings
Background:
Ethnographic research methods have a considerable history of use in medical settings. This paper provides a personal account of conducting ethnography in medical environments and focuses on some of the practical and ethical issues encountered in such settings.
Discussion and Conclusion:
The paper describes particular issues that arise when undertaking ethnographic work, such as gaining access, recording data, research roles and researching elite groups, and recounts some of the dilemmas posed by doing this type of research in a medical setting. The paper concludes by reflecting on what ethnography might offer to medicine in return for the rich data medicine provides.
humans, cultural anthropology, biomedical research, research design, medical education, medical ethics, ethics committees, research, data collection, professional practice, great britain, ethnography
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Pope, C.
537319b8-553d-4ffd-a9da-7cd840e7a829
December 2005
Pope, C.
537319b8-553d-4ffd-a9da-7cd840e7a829
Abstract
Background:
Ethnographic research methods have a considerable history of use in medical settings. This paper provides a personal account of conducting ethnography in medical environments and focuses on some of the practical and ethical issues encountered in such settings.
Discussion and Conclusion:
The paper describes particular issues that arise when undertaking ethnographic work, such as gaining access, recording data, research roles and researching elite groups, and recounts some of the dilemmas posed by doing this type of research in a medical setting. The paper concludes by reflecting on what ethnography might offer to medicine in return for the rich data medicine provides.
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Published date: December 2005
Keywords:
humans, cultural anthropology, biomedical research, research design, medical education, medical ethics, ethics committees, research, data collection, professional practice, great britain, ethnography
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Local EPrints ID: 18740
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/18740
ISSN: 0308-0110
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