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Complex adaptive phenomenology: A conceptual framework for healthcare research
Felice Borghmans1, Stella Laletas1
1Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia.
Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice
|February 6, 2023
Summary
This study introduces complex adaptive phenomenology (CAP), an integrated framework combining complexity theory and phenomenology. CAP offers a structured approach to understanding healthcare professionals' lived experiences within complex healthcare systems.
Area of Science:
- Healthcare Research
- Phenomenology
- Complexity Theory
Background:
- Healthcare research faces challenges in understanding individual experiences within complex systems.
- Existing theoretical approaches like complexity theory and phenomenology offer insights but leave a gap in understanding 'being' within these systems.
Purpose of the Study:
- To present an integrated theoretical framework, complex adaptive phenomenology (CAP).
- To address the gap in understanding the phenomenon of 'being' within complex systems.
- To synthesize complexity theory and phenomenology to examine relational aspects of 'being'.
Main Methods:
- Integration of complexity theory and phenomenology into a unified framework (CAP).
- Focus on reciprocal, co-constructive relationships between perception, meaning, context, and action.
- Utilizing complexity theory's connectionist orientation and phenomenology's focus on 'being'.
Main Results:
- CAP provides a structured conceptual framework for understanding 'being' in complex systems.
- The framework highlights the interplay of perception, meaning, context, and action in shaping experiences.
- CAP is proposed as well-suited for complex research contexts like healthcare.
Conclusions:
- An integrated framework of phenomenology and complexity theory can deepen understanding of health professionals' experiences.
- CAP offers a platform for enhanced healthcare scholarship.
- This framework contributes to understanding the embodied nature of 'being' within healthcare.
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