Philosophy, phenomenology and qualitative methods

Evidence and the qualitative research analogous structure. In Lipscomb, M (ed.) Exploring Evidence-based Practice: Debates and Challenges in Nursing. Routledge, pp. 132-150 (2016).

Heidegger, lived experience and method. Journal of Advanced Nursing 70(7), 1520-1531 (2014). Abstract

Phenomenology as rhetoric. Nursing Inquiry 12(2), 106-116 (2005).  Abstract

Against meaning. Nursing Philosophy 1(2), 109-120 (2000).  Abstract

Misinterpretive phenomenology: Heidegger, ontology and nursing. Journal of Advanced Nursing 27, 817-824 (1998).  Abstract

Husserl, phenomenology and nursing. Journal of Advanced Nursing 26, 187-193 (1997).  Abstract

Error and objectivity: cognitive illusions and qualitative research. Nursing Philosophy 6(3), 196-209 (2005).  Abstract

Qualitative methods: an alternative view. BMJ  2011;342:d424. With Richard Lilford (2011).  pdf

Qualitative interviewing as measurement. Nursing Philosophy 11(2), 112-126 (2010).  Abstract

Qualitative research and the elimination of error. Journal of Advanced Nursing 46(4), 453-454 (2004).  Full text

Positivism. In Given L M (ed) The Sage Encyclopaedia of Qualitative Research Methods, Sage, pp 646-650 (2008).

Empiricism. In Given L M (ed) The Sage Encyclopaedia of Qualitative Research Methods, Sage, pp 255-260 (2008).

The fictionalist paradigm. Nursing Philosophy 12(1), 53-66 (2011).  Abstract

The null hypothesis: a reply to Gary Rolfe. Journal of Advanced Nursing 64(2), 209-210. With Helen Cheyne, Len Dalgleish, Edward Duncan, and Kate Niven (2008).  Null hypothesis pdf

Positivism and qualitative nursing research. Scholarly Inquiry for Nursing Practice 15(4), 371-387 (2001).

Paradigms and presuppositions: the difference between qualitative and quantitative research. Scholarly Inquiry for Nursing Practice 14(2), 143-155 (2000).  Abstract

Paradigms and presuppositions: a rejoinder. Scholarly Inquiry for Nursing Practice 14(2), 161-163 (2000).