Husserlian phenomenology in Korean nursing research: analysis, problems, and suggestions.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

This paper is a critical review of the descriptive phenomenological methodology in Korean nursing research. We propose constructive suggestions for the improvement of descriptive phenomenological methodology in light of Husserl's phenomenological approaches.

Methods

Using the keywords of 'phenomenology,' 'experience,' and 'nursing,' we identify and analyze 64 Korean empirical phenomenological studies (selected from 282 studies) published in 14 Korean nursing journals from 2005 to 2018. The PubMed and the Korea Citation Index were used to identify the studies.

Results

Our analysis shows that all the reviewed articles used Giorgi's or Colaizzi's scientific phenomenological methodology, without critical attention to Husserl's philosophical phenomenological princi

SUBMITTER: Kim HK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7214191 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature