Using Grounded Theory In Nursing - Rita Sara Schreiber, Phyllis Noerager Stern

Using Grounded Theory In Nursing

Editors: Rita Sara Schreiber, RN, DNS; Phyllis Noerager Stern, DNS, FAAN, NAP

Pub Date: 06/2001
272 pp Hardback
ISBN13: 9780826114068

List: $75.00

Description | Table of Contents | Author Biographies

This uniformly fine book extends and intensifies the dialogue about grounded theory and nursing.... well-designed, well-crafted, and accessible.
--Sally A. Hutchinson, PhD, RN, FAAN

...the torch has been passed to a new generation of grounded theorists.... The editors have assembled chapters by many of the best-known scholars in North America.
--Sandra P. Thomas, PhD, RN, FAAN

What is grounded theory? How is it done? When is it most appropriate to use? Grounded theory can be the research method of choice for nurses seeking to find out how people cope with existing or potential health challenges. This book offers broad coverage of method, background, philosophical roots, and new directions for grounded theory in nursing.

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Table of Contents

Situating Grounded Theory Within Qualitative Inquiry, Janice M. Morse
Early Grounded Theory: Its Processes and Products, Phyllis Noerager Stern and Eleanor Krassen Covan
Constructing and Deconstructing: Grounded Theory in a Postmodern World, Marjorie MacDonald and Rita Sara Schreiber
The "How to" of Grounded Theory: Avoiding the Pitfalls, Rita Sara Schreiber
Examining the Differences between Researcher and Participant: An Intrinsic Element of Grounded Theory, Caroline Mallory
The Grounded Theory Club, or Who Needs an Expert Mentor? Rita Sara Schreiber
Finding a Critical Perspective in Grounded Theory, Marjorie MacDonald
Feminist Grounded Theory Revisited: Practical Issues and New Understandings, Judith Wuest and Marilyn Merritt-Gray
Can you "Do" Grounded Theory Without Symbolic Interactionism? P. Jane Milliken and Rita Sara Schreiber
Grounded Theory and Hermeneutics: Contradictory or Complementary Methods of Nursing Research? Suzanne Pursley-Crotteau, Sheila McGuire Bunting and Claire Burke Draucker
The Application of Grounded Theory: Issues of Assessment and Measurement in Practice, Wendy Hall and Katharyn A. May
New Directions in Grounded Formal Theory: Margaret H. Kearny
Index

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Author Biographies

Rita Sara Schreiber, RN, DNS, is an Associate Professor at he School of Nursing, University of Victoria in British Columbia, Canada. With her Colleagues, she is founder of the Grounded Theory Club, a mentoring project to enable grounded theorists to develop their own research skills as well as the methodology. She has published multiple peer-reviewed articles and book chapters in areas of practice, gender, methodology, and womens experience with depression and treatment.

Phyllis Noerager Stern, DNS, FAAN, NAP, holds the position of Professor and Glenn Irwin, Jr., MD Research Scholar at eh School of Nursing and a joint appointment in Womens Studies at Indiana University, Indianapolis, Indiana. She is Editor-in-Chief of the interdisciplinary refereed journal, Health Care for Women International, and Council General (CEO) and co-founder of the International Council on Womens Health Issues. She holds a charter membership in the Grounded Theory Institute.

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