Aim To evaluate the characteristics and methodology consistency in nursing research with descriptive phenomenological design. Design Scoping review methodology. Data sources Three electronic databases (CINAHL, Embase, PubMed) were systematically searched

Qualitative research in health care is an increasingly complex research field, particularly when doing phenomenology. In nursing and midwifery, qualitative approaches dealing with the lived experiences of patients, families and professionals are necessary.

Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so.—Douglas Adams Despite the fact that humans are one of few animals who can learn from the

Descriptive phenomenology investigates the essence of how phenomena are consciously experienced (Giorgi, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2012; Moustakas, 1994; Vagle, 2018). Researchers wishing to conduct descriptive phenomenological studies may struggle to find

Aim: To evaluate the characteristics and methodology consistency in nursing research with descriptive phenomenological design. Design: Scoping review methodology. Data sources: Three electronic databases (CINAHL, Embase, PubMed) were systematically

Phenomenology is a philosophy that began in 1900 with the publication of Logical Investigations by Edmund Husserl (1970). In that work Husserl introduced a novel way of examining and studying the phenomenon of consciousness. It should be remembered that

This article will closely examine the phenomenological method as applied to qualitative inquiry in psychology and psychiatry. In a critical comparison between Amedeo Giorgi's and Larry Davidson's qualitatively methods, conclusions were drawn with regard

The Nuremberg Code drafted at the end of the Doctor’s trial in Nuremberg 1947 has been hailed as a landmark document in medical and research ethics. Close examination of this code reveals that it was based on the Guidelines for Human Experimentation of