Emotions and Reflexivity in Health & Social Care Field Research
This book is about emotions and reflexivity when doing field research in health and social care settings. Health and social care students often undertake field research in their own area of practice using observation and interviews. Chapters draw on resea
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Edited by Helen T. Allan & Anne Arber
Emotions and reflexivity in Health and Social Care Field Research
Helen T. Allan • Anne Arber Editors
Emotions and reflexivity in Health and Social Care Field Research
Editors Helen T. Allan Middlesex University London, UK
Anne Arber University of Surrey Guildford, UK
ISBN 978-3-319-65502-4 ISBN 978-3-319-65503-1 (eBook) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-65503-1 Library of Congress Control Number: 2017956091 © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are solely and exclusively licensed by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. Cover illustration: PhotoAlto sas / Alamy Stock Photo Printed on acid-free paper This Palgrave Macmillan imprint is published by Springer Nature The registered company is Springer International Publishing AG The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland
Helen would like to dedicate this book to her students who have been a delight to supervise (mainly) and provided her with huge learning opportunities over the years. Anne would like to dedicate this book to all the healthcare practitioners who have supported her and to her family Mick, Ruth, Ian and Morgane.
Foreword
In this book, Helen Allan and Anne Arber bring together a unique mix of their own and their students’ experiences of doctoral research and supervision. They combine accounts of the student and supervisor journey to tell a story in which emotions, reflexivity and relationships play a key role in the production of new knowledge. They highlight the importance of relationships at all levels and challenge us to see our emotions as a resource rather than a risk as they take us behind metaphorical closed doors to reveal the crafting of a thesis by supervisor and student. We are given a lexicon with which to recognise and name emotions as a part of the supervision process rather than hide th
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