Using parent metaphors for learning about the neonatal care experience: An interpretive perspective.
J Child Health Care
; 24(4): 529-543, 2020 12.
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| ID: mdl-31514531
This study focuses on how metaphors are used by parents who have had a premature baby to describe their neonatal care experience and how these can contribute to empathic learning of health professionals. In health, metaphors are commonly used to communicate and explain difficult topics. When patients tell their story, metaphor can be a means of expression from which we can learn about their experience of illness or hospitalisation. Limited research exits on how metaphor can improve our understanding of parent's emotional experience in neonatal care and subsequently inform education in this field. Employing narrative inquiry within an interpretive, constructivist paradigm, 20 narrative interviews with 23 parents of premature babies were analysed using a process of metaphor identification. Findings revealed common metaphors used to describe experience. Metaphor clusters used by parents in order of frequency were journeying, altered reality, darkness, breaking, connections, fighting, salvation and being on the edge. Parents widely used compelling and emotive metaphors to describe and express both difficult and challenging times as well as progression forward. Metaphors serve as a powerful way for health professionals to learn about the emotional experiences of parents and potentially enhance their empathic understanding.
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Colección:
01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Padres
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Recien Nacido Prematuro
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Metáfora
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Narración
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Empatía
Tipo de estudio:
Prognostic_studies
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Qualitative_research
Límite:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
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Newborn
País/Región como asunto:
Europa
Idioma:
En
Revista:
J Child Health Care
Asunto de la revista:
ENFERMAGEM
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PEDIATRIA
Año:
2020
Tipo del documento:
Article
Pais de publicación:
Reino Unido