Society and some healthcare professionals often marginalise pregnant women who take illicit substances. Midwives who care for these women are often viewed as working on the edge of society. This research aimed to examine the lived experiences of midwives who care for pregnant women who take illicit drugs. A phenomenological study informed by Heidegger, Gadamer and Merleau-Ponty was chosen to fr...

This study sought to identify the characteristics of the lived experience of recapturing self-care after a stroke or a spinal cord injury (SCI). Five people who had had a stroke and six with SCI who were in the midst of recapturing self-care (1-3 months after onset) were interviewed. All interviews were analyzed using the Empirical, Phenomenological, and Psychological method. Four main characte...

Approximately 7 million women in the United States become widows each year. It is not known how many women are pregnant at the time of their husband's death. This study describes the lived experience of widowhood during pregnancy as defined by 10 widows whose husbands were killed in the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks or while they served in the US military during the Iraq and Afghanistan ...

This report is part of a series case reports critically reflecting on the involvement people with lived experience in UK based physiotherapy degree programme. An initial scoping review literature found only two papers exploring specifically education. despite an education and training standard requiring service user carer all approved programmes England being place since 2014. Our goal as publi...