Bourdieu's theory of practice and its potential in nursing research

Rhynas, Sarah

doi:10.1111/j.1365-2648.2005.03377.x

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“…The social scientist Pierre Bourdieu has written on a wide range of subjects, and his analyses have revealed the structuring effects of social fields on their members' beliefs, dispositions, and practices (Maton, 2003;Rhynas, 2005). His attempt to undermine the debate between objectivism and subjectivism is central to his work (Bourdieu & Wacquant, 1992;Kenway & McLeod, 2004;Rhynas, 2005).…”

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“…Despite his impressive life work and academic influence, the French social scientist Pierre Bourdieu has had limited attention in the health economics and economic evaluation literature. Bourdieu's studies have revealed the structuring effects of social fields on their members' beliefs, dispositions, and practices (Maton, 2003;Rhynas, 2005). Reflexivity is recurrent and central in his work (Bourdieu & Wacquant, 1992;Leander, 2002;Rhynas, 2005).…”

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“…Bourdieu's studies have revealed the structuring effects of social fields on their members' beliefs, dispositions, and practices (Maton, 2003;Rhynas, 2005). Reflexivity is recurrent and central in his work (Bourdieu & Wacquant, 1992;Leander, 2002;Rhynas, 2005). Bourdieu's concept of reflexivity is epistemological, collective, and non-narcissistic (Bourdieu & Wacquant, 1992;Karakayali, 2004;Maton, 2003;Pels, 2000).…”

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“…Through a reflexive practice, it is possible to free researchers from their illusions of objectivity, especially about themselves (Bourdieu & Wacquant, 1992). In fact, reflexivity offers the possibility to be objective in determining practice (Rhynas, 2005).…”

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Complexity and reflexivity: Two important issues for economic evaluation in health care

Lessard

2007

Social Science & Medicine

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Economic evaluations are analytic techniques to assess the relative costs and consequences of health care programmes and technologies. Their role is to provide rigorous data to inform the health care decision-making process. Economic evaluation may oversimplify complex health care decisions. These analyses often ignore important health consequences, contextual elements, relationships or other relevant modifying factors, which might not be appropriate in a multi-objective, multi-stakeholder issue. One solution would be to develop a new paradigm based on the issues of perspective and context. Complexity theory may provide a useful conceptual framework for economic evaluation in health care. Complexity thinking develops an awareness of issues including uncertainty, contextual issues, multiple perspectives, broader societal involvement, and transdisciplinarity. This points the economic evaluation field towards an accountability and epistemology based on pluralism and uncertainty, requiring new forms of lay-expert engagement and roles of lay knowledge into decision-making processes. This highlights the issue of reflexivity in economic evaluation in health care. A reflexive approach would allow economic evaluators to analyze how objective structures and subjective elements influence their practices. In return, this would point increase the integrity and reliability of economic evaluations. Reflexivity provides opportunities for critically thinking about the organization and activities of the intellectual field, and perhaps the potential of moving in new, creative directions. This paper argues for economic evaluators to have a less positivist attitude towards what is useful knowledge, and to use more imagination about the data and methodologies they use. r

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Complexity and reflexivity: Two important issues for economic evaluation in health care

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2007

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“…3 The application of Bourdieu's theory of practice to nursing research was key to the development of practice innovation and policy change. 4 A review of the literature revealed that Bourdieu's theory was a neglected perspective within pharmacy education. This research focused on Bourdieusian concepts that could be applied to pharmacy education such as: species of capital, field, and habitus.…”

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Using Bourdieu’s Theoretical Framework to Examine How the Pharmacy Educator Views Pharmacy Knowledge

Waterfield¹

2015

American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education

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Objective. To explore how different pharmacy educators view pharmacy knowledge within the United Kingdom MPharm program and to relate these findings to Pierre Bourdieu's theoretical framework. Methods. Twelve qualitative interviews were conducted with 4 faculty members from 3 different types of schools of pharmacy in the United Kingdom: a newer school, an established teaching-based school, and an established research-intensive school. Selection was based on a representation of both sciencebased and practice-based disciplines, gender balance, and teaching experience. Results. The interview transcripts indicated how these members of the academic community describe knowledge. There was a polarization between science-based and practice-based educators in terms of Bourdieu's description of field, species of capital, and habitus. Conclusion. A Bourdieusian perspective on the differences among faculty member responses supports our understanding of curriculum integration and offers some practical implications for the future development of pharmacy programs.

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Analyzing participant produced photographs from an ethnographic study of fatherhood and smoking

Oliffe

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Kelly

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Research in Nursing & Health

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As part of an ongoing ethnographic study, we examined the photographs and narratives that new fathers produced to ascertain how they created social, psychological, and relational space for continued smoking. A four-part process for analyzing the photographs consisting of preview, review, cross-photo comparison, and theorizing revealed how visual data analyses can be used to develop insights into men's health behaviors and beliefs. There is ongoing epistemological debate and methodological uncertainty about how photographic data should be treated in health sciences research. By conducting formal layered analyses, researchers can expand and extend both what is said about, and interpreted through, photographs.

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Bourdieu's theory of practice and its potential in nursing research

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Complexity and reflexivity: Two important issues for economic evaluation in health care

Complexity and reflexivity: Two important issues for economic evaluation in health care

Using Bourdieu’s Theoretical Framework to Examine How the Pharmacy Educator Views Pharmacy Knowledge

Analyzing participant produced photographs from an ethnographic study of fatherhood and smoking

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