Ethnography and Ethics in Your Own Workplace: Reconceptualising Dialysis Care from an Insider Nurse Researcher

Wood, Alison

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-89396-9_4

Ethnography and Ethics in Your Own Workplace: Reconceptualising Dialysis Care from an Insider Nurse Researcher

Wood, Alison

Authors

Alison Wood

Contributors

Emma Garnett
Editor

Joanna Reynolds
Editor

Sarah Milton
Editor

Abstract

This chapter presents reflections on the author’s experience in conducting ethnographic research in a setting in which they had an existing professional role as a registered and practising nurse. The position held and how this was negotiated within the research and clinical environment highlight the role ethnography can play for nurses researching in healthcare settings. In particular, this chapter highlights the positional complexities of adopting both ‘insider’ ethnographer and professional roles in a healthcare context, and the insights this generated around the partial forms of knowledge that emerge. The dual status of the researcher provided a unique position in a complex setting and shaped the generation of ethnographic findings

Citation

Wood, A. (2018). Ethnography and Ethics in Your Own Workplace: Reconceptualising Dialysis Care from an Insider Nurse Researcher. In E. Garnett, J. Reynolds, & S. Milton (Eds.), Ethnographies and Health (51-66). Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-89396-9_4

Acceptance Date	Mar 1, 2018
Online Publication Date	Jun 27, 2018
Publication Date	2018
Deposit Date	Sep 5, 2018
Publicly Available Date	Jun 28, 2020
Publisher	Palgrave Macmillan
Pages	51-66
Book Title	Ethnographies and Health
Chapter Number	4
ISBN	9783319893952
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-89396-9_4
Keywords	Ethnographic research, nurse research, medical research,
Public URL	http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/1261064

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