The power of story:Narrative inquiry as a methodology in nursing research

作     者：Carol Chunfeng Wang Sara Kathleen Geale 

作者机构：School of Nursing and MidwiferyEdith Cowan UniversityPerthWA 6027Australia 

出 版 物：《International Journal of Nursing Sciences》 (国际护理科学（英文）)

年 卷 期：2015年第2卷第2期

页      面：195-198页

学科分类：1011[医学-护理学（可授医学、理学学位）] 10[医学] 

主　　题：Narrative inquiry Subjectivity Nursing research 

摘      要：The aim of this paper is to explore the essential elements and value of narrative inquiry in nursing *** propose that understanding a previous experience allows the nurse researcher an“insider viewand hence a deeper understanding of the issues that arise in the relationship between participant and *** suggest that narrative inquiry in nursing research offers a particular way of caring about how knowledge is *** science would benefit from the understanding that health and nursing practices are dynamic processes characterized by the continuous interaction of human thought and behaviour that continuously‘pumps’into personal,social and material *** inquiry as a methodology in nursing research is exceptionally useful to uncover nuance and detail of previous experiences.