Method:
Methodology
The phenomenological inquiry is grounded in the philosophical writings of Husserlian (1970). Husserlian phenomenology provides a form of an eidetic science (i.e., the science of possibilities) for psychology to support empirical findings of a qualitative nature (Giorgi, 2009). Edmund Husserl, the father of phenomenology, claimed that every experience could be reduced to its essence or ‘essential possibility’ because, without this, the experience would be impossible (Giorgi, 2008). A major concept of Husserlian phenomenology is the bracketing of prior knowledge about the phenomenon being researched so that critical attention can be brought to bear on the present experience (Giorgi, 2008; 2009; 2012). “Once one assumes rigorous perspective, then one wants to account for the differences between the present and the past as well as the similarities” (Giorgi, 2009, p. 91). As nursing acknowledges and values the experiences that people assign to their existence, phenomenology is a valuable research methodology that can assist nurses to uncover aspects of human life (Theobald, 1997).
Because Husserl was a philosopher, Giorgi (1985) needed …show more content…
Inclusion criteria are: 1) mothers must be fluent in(English) Arabic because it is important to understand their experience when I interview them; 2) they must be willing and able to describe these changes in their lives; and 5) they have to have a child between the ages of 3 and 6. However, the exclusion criteria are: . I will interview the participants in a quiet room in the oncology outpatient and chemotherapy clinics at hospitals as they are able to do the interview,
Methodology
The phenomenological inquiry is grounded in the philosophical writings of Husserlian (1970). Husserlian phenomenology provides a form of an eidetic science (i.e., the science of possibilities) for psychology to support empirical findings of a qualitative nature (Giorgi, 2009). Edmund Husserl, the father of phenomenology, claimed that every experience could be reduced to its essence or ‘essential possibility’ because, without this, the experience would be impossible (Giorgi, 2008). A major concept of Husserlian phenomenology is the bracketing of prior knowledge about the phenomenon being researched so that critical attention can be brought to bear on the present experience (Giorgi, 2008; 2009; 2012). “Once one assumes rigorous perspective, then one wants to account for the differences between the present and the past as well as the similarities” (Giorgi, 2009, p. 91). As nursing acknowledges and values the experiences that people assign to their existence, phenomenology is a valuable research methodology that can assist nurses to uncover aspects of human life (Theobald, 1997).
Because Husserl was a philosopher, Giorgi (1985) needed …show more content…
Inclusion criteria are: 1) mothers must be fluent in(English) Arabic because it is important to understand their experience when I interview them; 2) they must be willing and able to describe these changes in their lives; and 5) they have to have a child between the ages of 3 and 6. However, the exclusion criteria are: . I will interview the participants in a quiet room in the oncology outpatient and chemotherapy clinics at hospitals as they are able to do the interview,