This volume of original articles by leading researchers explores the methodological possibilities and difficulties involved in doing qualitative work with the aged. The contributors illustrate, with numerous examples, the strengths of qualitative strategies and techniques for uncovering meaning, dissecting processes, and examining cultural and other issues of difference between people and groups.
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Jaber F. Gubrium is professor and chair of sociology at the University of Missouri. He has an extensive record of research on the social organization of care in human service institutions. His publications include numerous books and articles on aging, family, the life course, medicalization, and representational practice in therapeutic context.
Introduction - Andrea Sankar and Jaber F Gubrium
PART ONE: THINKING AHEAD
Qualitative Research as Art and Science - Lucy Rose Fischer
Ethical Issues - Jeanie Kayser-Jones and Barbara A Koenig
Ethnic and Racial Issues - J Neil Henderson
Problematizing Meaning - Dale J Jaffe and Eleanor M Miller
PART TWO: PLANNING
Proposal Writing - Robert L Rubinstein
Managing Large Projects - Linda S Mitteness and Judith C Barker
Consequences for Research Procedure - Jennie Keith
PART THREE: DATA COLLECTION
In-Depth Interviewing - Sharon R Kaufman
Life Stories - J Brandon Wallace
Fieldwork in Groups and Institutions - Karen A Lyman
PART FOUR: FORMS OF ANALYSIS
Analyzing Talk and Interaction - Jaber F Gubriu and James A Holstein
The Identification and Analysis of Themes and Patterns - Mark R Luborsky
Analyzing Personal Journals of Later Life - Harry J Berman
Historical Perspectives on Caregiving - Emily K Abel
Documenting Women's Experiences
PART FIVE: WRITING AND RECOMMENDING
Writing for the Right Audience - Ann Dill
Qualitative Evaluation and Policy - Shulamit Reinharz
