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Phenomenology in nursing research: reflection based on Heidegger’s hermeneutics

Fenomenologia na pesquisa em enfermagem: reflexão com base na hermenêutica de Heidegger

Abstract

Objective:

To reflect on the use of phenomenological analysis in nursing research through the hermeneutical circle of Martin Heidegger.

Method:

Theoretical reflection based on Martin Heidegger’s concepts through literature review.

Results:

Phenomenology is a philosophical referential to address lived phenomena; Heidegger emphasizes the essence of being in the world bound in experiences, the hermeneutical circle is a methodological referential of analysis to understand the world lived by the being through a pre-understanding; an understanding and an interpretation to reveal the essence of the phenomenon.

Conclusions and implications for practice:

Nursing can make use the hermeneutic circle to understand, from a philosophical view, the phenomena in the language of those who experience them, to unveil them and to understand the subjectivity of care.

Keywords:
Philosophy; Hermeneutics; Qualitative Research; Nursing Research

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