Autoethnography in Health Research
Growing Pains
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4670704 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Heewon Chang (0000-0002-0860-0778, Eastern University, St. Davids, Pennsylvania, USA, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 26 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 443-451 |
| Publication date | 2016-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Qualitative Health Research (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1049-7323 • E-ISSN: 1552-7557 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/1049732315627432 |
| PMID | 26880757 |
| OpenAlex | W2300268165 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 65 |
| References cited | 45 |
Autoethnography is gaining acceptance as a legitimate research method in health science research. The growing volume of published autoethnographies is indicative of this trend. After discussing the methodological tenents of this qualitative research method and its compatibility with health-related research, the author illustrates this trend with examples of published autoethnogrpahic books, theses, and journal articles. While celebrating the potential of autoethnography as a suitable health research method, the author critiques dominatly descriptive and evocative illness self-narratives that may evoke emontionally compelling responses from readers but offer insufficient sociocultural insights about the illness phenomenon. To identify a "desirable" autoethnography that provides not only a "thick description" of personal experiences but also a sociocultural interpration of such experiences, the author recommends both creators and consumers of autoethnography to ask five evaluative questions: (1) Does the autoethnography use authentic and trustworthy data?; (2) Does the autoethnography follow a reliable research process and show the process clearly?; (3) Does the autoethnography follow ethical steps to protect the rights of self and others presented and implicated in the autoethnography?; (4) Does the autoethnography analyze and interpret the sociocultural meaning of the author's personal experiences?; and (5) Does the autoethnography attempt to make a scholarly contribution with its conclusion and engagement of the existing literature
Art · Autoethnography · Literature · Narrative · Narrative inquiry · Psychoanalysis · Qualitative research · Reflexivity · Social science · Sociocultural evolution · Sociology · Anthropology · Empathy and Medical Education · Mental Health and Patient Involvement · Obesity and Health Practices · Psychology
“Burying the proud part of my body”
Quali-Heroes
A death in the family
Investigating the Nexus of Paralympic Bodies With Medicine
Gaining access
Behind familiar doors
From Bedside to Classroom
Chosen, trusted and disillusioned – an autoethnographic account of university–society collaboration from an academic's point
Between clarity and mystery
Bakunanays Guidelines for Communicating Covid-19 Vaccination Information to Pregnant Women in the Philippines and Other Developing Countries
Exploring the translation process for multilingual implementation research studies
Codevelopment of Covid-19 infection prevention and control guidelines in lower-middle-income countries
Pedagogia do oprimido e autoetnografia
Fragile minds, porous selves
Making the Invisible Visible
The Paradox of Patient Consent
The Ontology of Oncology
The time for patient partnership in medical education has arrived
Experiential Andragogy Within a Supervision‐Focused Doctoral Internship
Unforeseen emotional labour
Struggling for epistemic and emotional justice—a collaborative autoethnography of personal assistance
An Autoethnography on Being the Daughter of a Frail, Sick Mother in Transitional Care
Becoming an ethnographer in a Physical Education Teacher Education culture
The geographies of digital health – Digital therapeutic landscapes and mobilities
Quality of life in the contemporary politics of healthcare
Uncertain trajectories in old age and implications for families and for palliative and end of life care policy and practice
A Mujerista Liberation Psychology Perspective on Testimonio to Cultivate Decolonial Healing
Feminist Therapy
Australia as a destination for Latin American doctoral candidates
Autoethnography
Fitoterapia contemporânea no Brasil
Pushing the rock up the hill
Collaborative Autoethnography as Multivocal, Relational, and Democratic Research
Starting the Conversation about Barriers for Endometriosis Care in Regional Areas
Pain communication
Between Public Guidelines for User Involvement and Ideals About Free Research
'Silence doesn’t speak as loudly with whitefellas'
The spiritual quest to find meaning and purpose in life
Embodying the (Dis)embodiment
Losing and Regaining Sense of Control
Five Coffin Nails to Informed Consent
Recovery From Heart Attack, Biomedicalization, and the Production of a Contingent Health Citizenship
Analytical autoethnography in tourism research
And now we resist”
Autoethnographic insights into accelerated PhD completion
An autoethnographic reflection on the creation of adaptive space to develop integrated care
Navigating cultural and pedagogical challenges
Seeking Comfort and Demanding Agency—An Autoethnographic Exploration of a Patient and Partner Experience
Female Academics in Higher Education
Graduating University as a Woman with Down Syndrome
Pain, Shame, and Power
Responding to the call of the NHS Nightingale, but at what cost? An auto-ethnography of a volunteer frontline mental health trainer's experiences during the Covid-19 pandemic
Living with embodied vibrations
Enhancing Reflexivity in Research and Practice in Healthcare Through Oral-Based Autoethnography
"What Can We Learn From First-Person Narratives?" The Case of Nonfatal Suicidal Behavior
Collaborative Autoethnography of Cancer Patients' Dynamic Sense of Agency
Being and doing anorexia nervosa
Reflections of a white healthcare professional researching ethnicized and racialized minorities
Autoetnografia colaborativa em tempos de pandemia
Interpretive Autoethnography as a Methodology to Promote Well-Being Among Qualitative Women Researchers in Chilean Academia
Autoethnography
Pain(ful) research
Creating with 'voice without subject
Doing 'dangerous' autoethnography on Islamophobic victimization
A Methodology for the Marginalised
Evocative Autoethnography
Creating Autoethnographies
Interpretive Autoethnography
Qualitative Inquiry and Research Design
Prenatal Care Use Among Women of Low Income
Auto/Ethnography
Pursuing excellence in qualitative inquiry
Writing My Own Experience
A Collaboration Between a Historically Black University and an Ivy League Psychiatric Research Center
Statement of Ownership
She Has a Pain Problem, Not a Pill Problem
Pinstripes and Breast Pumps
Translating Autoethnography Across the Aera Standards
Depression, performativity and the conflicted body
The Interpretation of Cultures
Grief is Absurd
Writing the Othered Self
Social Performance and Secret Ritual
How Much Subjectivity is Needed to Understand Our Lives Objectively
A Critique of Current Practice
Senses, Bodily Knowledge, and Autoethnography
Using autoethnography to reclaim the 'place of healing' in mental health care
Chronic illness and informal carers
Developing the Therapeutic Use of Self in the Health Care Professional through Autoethnography
Erasure of the Credible Subject
Revealing and concealing secrets in research
To actually be sociological
Are Those Germs in Your Pocket, or Am I Just Crazy to See You? An Autoethnographic Consideration of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
This Is Another Place
Telling Secrets, Revealing Lives
Ethics, Reflexivity, and "Ethically Important Moments" in Research
Analytic Autoethnography
On auto-ethnography
| Unique citing works | 65 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 7,22 |
| Citation span | 2017 - 2026 (10) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 61 |