In social science literature, researchers have discussed the implications of using symbolic interactionist ethnography. While the value of such an approach is accepted in social science research, it has not received adequate attention in IS literature. More importantly, there is a need to begin developing consensus on a set of principles to help researchers effectively combine the theoretical s...

conclusions providing care in the emergency department is significantly affected by nonemergent patients, as the emergency department is a place for critically ill patients thus awareness training program is recommended. results nine key informants were interviewed formally. four main categories emerged from the nurses’ culture: nonemergent patient as an uninvited guest, nonemergent patient as ...

BACKGROUND Meta-ethnography is a unique, systematic, qualitative synthesis approach widely used to provide robust evidence on patient and clinician beliefs and experiences and understandings of complex social phenomena. It can make important theoretical and conceptual contributions to health care policy and practice. RESULTS Since beliefs, experiences, health care contexts and social phenomen...

Considerable ambiguity surrounds the question of empirical research methodology in critical information systems (IS) research, as is the case with other critical social sciences. While some research methods and techniques are closely related to the positivist research approach (experiments, surveys, and statistical equation modelling) and others to the interpretivist approach (qualitative case ...

BACKGROUND Each year over five million people develop chronic non-malignant pain and can experience healthcare as an adversarial struggle. The aims of this study were: (1) to bring together qualitative evidence syntheses that explore patients' experience of living with chronic non-malignant pain and develop conceptual understanding of what it is like to live with chronic non-malignant pain for ...

BACKGROUND A tool which can help to decide on the determinants in selecting the delivery type is an effective step towards the goals of the World Health. This study aimed to develop and evaluate the psychometric properties of a scale based on Iranian culture to make decision on the type of delivery. METHODS This is a methodological study using a questionnaire proposed by Schneider. The follow...

The methods of ethnography and cognitive psychology are frequently set in opposition to each other. Whilst such a view may be appropriate in de"ning pure, or prototypical, classes of each activity, the value and necessity of such a distinction is broken down when researchers are goal-directed to study complex work domains in order to foster technological change. In this paper, we outline a rapp...

In this paper recent research involving inter-disciplinary ethnography is presented as an exploration of its contribution to studies of people and technology in the workplace. Three main patterns of interaction between ethnography and “the others” are examined. First, the influence of ethnography in promoting people-oriented perspectives of technology is discussed with reference to workplace st...