Books by John (University of Worcester Paley

In Concept Analysis in Nursing: A New Approach, Paley provides a critical analysis of the philosophical assumptions that underpin nursing¿s concept analysis methods. He argues, provocatively, that there are no such things as concepts, as traditionally conceived.

`Phenomenology¿ is now also used to denote an empirical form of qualitative research (PQR), especially in health, psychology and education. This book examines these methods closely, offering a detailed analysis of worked-through examples in three influential textbooks by Giorgi, van Manen, and Smith, Flowers and Larkin. Paley argues that the methods described in these texts are radically under-specified, and suggests alternatives to PQR as an approach to qualitative research, referring to Heideggerian alternatives to interviewing. This book also analyses, and aims to develop, the implicit theory of `meaning¿ found in PQR writings.