William E. Smythe
University of Regina
20 Papers
240 Citations
William E. Smythe is an academic researcher from University of Regina. The author has contributed to research in topics: Narrative inquiry & Narrative. The author has an hindex of 10, co-authored 20 publications.
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Owning the Story: Ethical Considerations in Narrative Research
TL;DR: The authors argued that traditional, regulative principles of research ethics offer insufficient guidance for research in the narrative study of lives, arguing that these principles presuppose an implicit epistemology that conceives of research participants as data sources, a conception that is argued not tenable for narrative research.
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Elements of Risk in Qualitative Research
TL;DR: In this article, the authors argue that qualitative research has considerable potential of inducing negative psychological states, and present a series of recommendations that can be used to address such ethical concerns, including the protection of the confidentiality of not only the participants but also of 3rd parties mentioned in transcribed narratives.
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The Personhood in Dementia Questionnaire (PDQ): establishing an association between beliefs about personhood and health providers' approaches to person-centred care.
Paulette V. Hunter,Thomas Hadjistavropoulos,William E. Smythe,David Cruise Malloy,Sharon Kaasalainen,Jaime Williams +5 more
TL;DR: These results provide the first direct empirical evidence of Kitwood's (1997) theory that beliefs about patient personhood have the potential to influence health providers' care decisions, including decisions about pain management.
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A study of thematic content in hospital mission statements: a question of values.
Jaime Williams,William E. Smythe,Thomas Hadjistavropoulos,David Cruise Malloy,Ronald R. Martin +4 more
TL;DR: The primary value-related theme that emerged concerned the importance of patient care, and was the domain of values predominated over the entire coding structure.
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The hermeneutic background of C. G. Jung.
TL;DR: A critical re-examination of Jung's relationship to hermeneutic thought is undertaken, based on his explicit references toHermeneutics in the Collected Works and his theoretical development of the notion of archetypes.
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