Summary Of Qualitative Research

According to Wallian (2011:2) research involves ‘an explicit systemic approach of finding answers, it begins with finding a valuable research question.’ This is a critique of qualitative research on factors influencing patients’ dignity. The aim of this study is to look into the factors that promote or compromise patient’s dignity. Qualitative research methods originate from social and behavioural sciences such as, sociology, psychology and anthropology (Qualitative Research Consultants Association, 2014). Qualitative research can involve collecting large amounts of information from analysing, observing and viewing participant’s behaviours and thoughts (Merriam, 2009). Researchers collect this data by using in-depth interviews, the participant …show more content…
It should entice the reader to want to know the outcome of the research (Ronzy, 2014). The aim of this research is to understand the key points that minimise and promote patient dignity; the research expresses this throughout the study. In this piece of research, there are clear findings in the abstract which underline how important recognizing the factors related to patient dignity are. It also expresses part of the findings by naming the themes and subthemes that were found. However, the research has several components which communicate the rationale of the research to the reader but it does not give what impact the study will have on society today. The literature review supports the research, as stated within the research the Ministry of Health and Medical Education of Iran is concerned with all clinical settings about promoting patients dignity. This is because there is very little qualitative research carried out in Iranian context. Therefore, this study has explored the factors of promoting and compromising patient’s dignity in …show more content…
Semi structured interviews are conducted with an open framework which allow for focused, conversational, two-way communication (Cohen et al, 2011). An advantage of this is the researcher can ask general questions which then can progress to specific questions based on the participant’s experiences (Cohen et al, 2011). However, a disadvantage to this is that the participant can express extra non-relevant information (Mitchell and Jolley, 2009). Another advantage is the researcher is only concentrating on one participant at a time which suggests the researcher can be focused on the participant, without getting lost in a large group discussion (Mitchell and Jolley,