Public health research that addresses chronic disease has historically underutilized and
undervalued qualitative methods. This has limited the field's ability to advance (a) a more in …

" Cathy Riessman is the leading figure in narrative research and her new book is a delight.
Covering basic issues of transcription and research credibility as well as visual data and …

The Second Edition of Situational Analysis: Grounded Theory After the Interpretive Turn
offers an innovative extension of grounded theory useful in qualitative research projects that …

Catherine Kohler Riessman t is a common experience for investigators to craft interview
questions carefully only to have participants respond with lengthy accounts, long stories that …

This book critically compares conflicting perspectives and overlapping themes within the
study of disability and illness across recent decades. With fresh interpretation of traditional …

The most thorough major academic textbook available, this classic text presents the most
important research studies in the field. The author also integrates engaging first-person …

Case studies have a valuable place in health research, including the increasingly popular
illness narrative. In a thrice-told tale, I analyze and compare the performance of identities in …

Drawing on fieldwork and interviews from South India (Kerala), the author analyzes married
women's experiences of stigma when they are childless and their everyday resistance …

This distinctive collection explores the use of narratives in the social construction of wellness
and illness. Narratives, Health, and Healing emphasizes what the process of narrating …

Over the past 20 years, the study of patient-physician relationships and the discourse of
clinical encounters has become a major area of inquiry. Interest in these topics is closely …