On-the-Job Ethics – Proximity Mora...

Hans O. Thulesius, MD, Ph.D. Abstract On-the-job-ethics exist in all businesses and can also be called proximity morality forming. In this paper we propose that medical students take a proximity morality stance towards ethics education at medical school. This means that they want to form physician morality “on the job” instead of being taught ethics like any other subject. On-the-job-ethics for medical students involves learning ethics that is used when practicing ethics. Learning ethics includes comprehensive ethics courses in which quality lectures provide ethics...

Unprivatizing: A bridge to learning

Virginia Leigh Hamilton Crowe, RN, MS, Ed.D. Jeanne Ellen Bitterman , MA, MA, Ed.D. Abstract Depression is a complicated condition situated in a cultural environment that often impedes learning. The purpose of this grounded theory study was to better understand depression from the perspective of those who are living with depression. Data were collected from many sources including document review and autobiographical literature; however, the primary data were collected through in-depth interviews. Fifteen individuals, thirteen women and two men, who felt they had learned...

The Constant Comparative Method of Quali...

[This paper was originally published in Social Problems, 12(1965), pp. 436-45 and later as Chapter V in Glaser, B.G. & Strauss, A.L. (1967). The Discovery of Grounded Theory: Strategies fro qualitative research. New York: Aldine DeGruyter.] Barney G. Glaser, Ph.D. Currently, the general approaches to the analysis of qualitative data are these: 1.) If the analyst wishes to convert qualitative data into crudely quantifiable form so that he can provisionally test a hypothesis, he codes the data first and then analyzes it. He makes an effort to code “all relevant data...

Anticipatory Caring

[This paper was originally published as Sandgren, A., Thulesius, H., Petersson, K. & Fridlund, B. (2007). Doing good care ? A study of palliative home nursing care. International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-Being, 2:4, 227-235 and is reprinted here with the permission of the publisher] Anna Sandgren, RN, MSc, PhD Candidate; Hans Thulesius, MD, PhD; Kerstin Petersson, RNT, PhD; Bengt Fridlund, RNT, PhD Abstract Today, more and more people die in own homes and nursing homes, which fundamentally affects community nursing. The aim of this study was...

Navigating New Experiences: A basic soci...

Kara L. Vander Linden, Ed.D. Abstract This grounded theory study was initiated to discover the process adult learners go through when engaging in new learning experiences. Data came from 12 open-ended intensive interviews with adult learners involved in various educational endeavors. Theoretical sampling led to several additional interviews with individuals not engaged in post-secondary education but more generally in new learning experiences. The basic social process of navigating explains three cyclical stages of behaviors used to successfully traverse new experiences....