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At the margins? Discourse analysis and qualitative research
1Division of Health Sciences at the University of South Australia, Adelaide.
Qualitative Health Research
|September 11, 2004
Summary
Discourse analysis, a qualitative research method, challenges perceptions of health and healthcare. This approach offers new perspectives on health practices and their place within qualitative research.
Area of Science:
- Qualitative Health Research
- Discourse Analysis Methodologies
Background:
- Traditional views of health and healthcare practice can be limited.
- Qualitative research offers diverse approaches to understanding complex realities.
Purpose of the Study:
- To explore a specific approach to discourse analysis.
- To examine how discourse analysis can reframe the understanding of health and healthcare.
- To consider the position and future potential of discourse analysis within qualitative research.
Main Methods:
- Exploration of a particular discourse analysis methodology.
- Application of the method to analyze health and healthcare practices.
Main Results:
- Discourse analysis provides alternative frameworks for viewing health and healthcare.
- The approach has the potential to challenge existing assumptions.
Conclusions:
- Discourse analysis offers novel perspectives on health and healthcare practice.
- Its position at the 'margins' of qualitative research warrants further investigation.
- Future directions for discourse analysis in health research are considered.