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van Manen's method and reduction in a phenomenological hermeneutic study
1Savo Vocational College, University of Eastern Finland, Savo, Finland.
Aim:
To describe van Manen's method and concept of reduction in a study that used a phenomenological hermeneutic approach.
Background:
Nurse researchers have used van Manen's method in different ways. Participants' lifeworlds are described in depth, but descriptions of reduction have been brief.
Data Sources:
The literature and knowledge review and manual search of research articles.
Review Methods:
Databases Web Science, PubMed, CINAHL and PsycINFO, without applying a time period, to identify uses of van Manen's method.
Discussion:
This paper shows how van Manen's method has been used in nursing research and gives some examples of van Manen's reduction.
Conclusion:
Reduction enables us to conduct in-depth phenomenological hermeneutic research and understand people's lifeworlds.
Implications For Research/Practice:
As there are many variations in adapting reduction, it is complex and confusing. This paper contributes to the discussion of phenomenology, hermeneutic study and reduction. It opens up reduction as a method for researchers to exploit.
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