Rehabilitation in Practice: Ethnographic Perspectives

✍ Scribed by Christopher M. Hayre (editor), Dave J. Muller (editor), Paul M. W. Hackett (editor)

• Publisher: Springer
• Year: 2022
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 218
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This book focuses on developing the use of ethnographic research for rehabilitation practitioners by recognizing its value methodologically and empirically in the field of rehabilitation. The very nature of ethnographic research offers an array of opportunities for researchers to understand the social world around them. The book identifies the multifaceted use of ethnographic methods in the rehabilitation setting. It touches on how acute and chronic conditions can affect the nature of ethnographic work in attempts to offer originality in a range of rehabilitation settings. Readers will find this collection of examples useful for informing their own research, and it aims to enlighten new discussion and arguments regarding both methodological and empirical use of ethnographic work internationally.

✦ Table of Contents

Preface
Acknowledgements
Contents
1 Valuing Ethnography in Rehabilitation Practice
Introduction
The Value of Ethnography in Rehabilitation
What to Expect from This Book?
Summary
References
2 Ethnography in Rehabilitation: Methodological Applications
Overview of Ethnography as a Methodology
Ethnography and Its Uses in Understanding Service Users
Research Methods in Ethnography: The Obvious and the Obscure
Participant Observation
Interviewing
Experimentation: Ethnographic?
Methodological and Ethical Considerations for Ethnographic Work
Intervention Versus Retraction: Is the Natural Environment Always ‘Natural’?
Ethnographic Interviewing: Who, Where and When?
Ensuring Participants Voices Are Represented: Authenticity Versus Tokenistic
Conclusion
References
3 Microethnographic Case Studies: One Phenomenon in Context Scrutinized from Multiple Perspectives
Introduction
Case Studies
Microethnographic Case Studies
Discharge Planning with Older Adults from One Inpatient Rehabilitation Setting
Theoretical Perspective
The Phenomenon of Study in This Microethnographic Case Study
The Study Context
Participants’ Recruitment
Data Generation
Analysis
Study Results
Benefits and Challenges of Using Microethnographic Case Studies
Conclusion
References
4 Ethics of Conducting Research on People with Disabilities or in Rehabilitation
Introduction
Historical Background
Ethical Principles for Research with Human Subjects
Ethical Dilemmas in Research with Human Subjects
Conducting Research on People with Disabilities or in Rehabilitation
Conducting Ethnographic Research on People with Disabilities or in Rehabilitation
Conclusion
References
5 Institutional Ethnography
Introduction
Rehabilitation and Institutional Ethnography
Characteristics of Institutional Ethnography
Standpoint
Ruling Relations
Problematic
Concluding Remarks
References
6 Use of Ethnographic Data to Critically Reflect on Disabled Children’s Participation and Their Encounters with Rehabilitation Services
Introduction
Theoretical and Conceptual Underpinnings
Disability Studies and Childhood Studies
Aims and Enactment of Childhood Rehabilitation Services
Study Aims and Methodology
Ethical Considerations
Findings
Participation at Home and in the Community
Participation in School
Prioritizing When Time is Limited
Preparing for the Future by Focussing on Accessibility and Autonomy
Concluding Discussion
References
7 Incorporating a Reflexive Ethnographic Sensitivity in Child Protection Work
Introduction
Ethnographic Sensibility
Ethnographic Reflexivity
Ethnographic Details
The Lack of Ethnographic Sensitivity in Practice
Conclusion
References
8 Bringing an Ethnographic Sensibility to Children’s Rehabilitation: Contributions and Potential
Introduction
An Ethnographic Sensibility
Ethnographies in/of Children’s Rehabilitation
Limitations to Ethnography
Possibilities of Ethnographic Sensibility
Ethnography Captures People’s Voices in Multiple Ways
Ethnography Can Allow Participants More Agency and Control Over the Research Process
Ethnography Can Reveal How People Participate in Life Activities
Ethnography Can Provide Novel Insights About Clinical Interactions
Ethnography Can Tell Us How Interventions Work
Ethnography Can Provide New Perspectives on Institutional Processes in Children’s Rehabilitation
Ethnography Can Improve Design of Interventions for Culturally Diverse Populations
Ethnography Can Push Forward Researchers’ Thinking by Challenging Dominant Western Medical Concepts
Ethnography Pays Attention to the “Big Picture” That Frames People’s Lives
Cultivating an Ethnographic Sensibility in Children’s Rehabilitation
Start Early
Build Relationships with Patients, Families, and/or Service Providers
Consider “Patchwork Ethnography”
Read and Cite Ethnographies
Conclusion
References
9 Ethnography and Its Potential to Understand and Transform the Rehabilitation of Spinal Cord Injury
Introduction
Ethnographies About the Rehabilitation of SCI
Ethnographies as Actors
The Affirmation of SCI
Rehabilitation and Affirmative Enwheelment After SCI: A Look into Some Focused Ethnographies
Enhancing the Transferability of Ethnographies
Reflective Summary
References
10 Ethnographies of Limb Loss and Rehabilitation
Introduction
Some First Notes on Ethnography
Three Key Ethnographic Studies Regarding Limb Loss
Amputation, Culture and Religion
Rehabilitation in a Military Centre
Rehabilitation in an Israeli Orthopaedic Ward
Discussion
Conclusion
References
11 Navigating Transitions: Liminality, Ethnography and Stroke Rehabilitation
Introduction
A Stroke Strikes: Separation and Wilderness
Doing Ethnography: Purpose and Belonging
Stroke Units: Ambiguity, Complexity and Transition
Conclusion
References
12 Time for Talk: The Work of Reflexivity in Developing Empirical Understanding of Speech and Language Therapist and Nursing Interaction on Stroke Wards
Introduction
Method
Finding New Meaning About Interprofessional Practice Through Researcher Discomfort
Discordant Time
Time to Participate in Research
Conclusion
References
13 Ethnography as a Way of Knowing in Rehabilitative Palliative Care: A Critical Reflection on Processes, Products, and Potential Pitfalls
Introduction
Living with Life-Limiting Illness and the Role of Palliative Care
Rehabilitative Palliative Care
The Case for Rehabilitative Palliative Care
Ethnographic Inquiry in Rehabilitative Palliative Care
An Overview of Ethnography
Why Use Ethnography in Rehabilitative Palliative Care?
Reflections on the Potential of Ethnography as a Process and Product in Rehabilitative Palliative Care
Reflections on the Potential Pitfalls Associated with Ethnographic Research in Rehabilitative Palliative Care
Conclusion
References
14 ‘Comfortably Numb’: Explorations of Embodiment and Recovery in an Ethnography of Operating Theatres
Introduction
Methodology: Ethnographic Approaches and Data Analysis
Ethical Considerations
Setting, Sample and Context
Embodiment and Agency: Towards Being ‘Comfortably Numb’
Distance, Heat and Touch: The ‘Comforting’ of the Patient’s Bodily Experience
‘Surgical screens’: backstage in the operating theatre ‘sound’ and ‘gossip’: Exploring the patient’s ethnographic experience of absence and presence
The repair cycle and ‘dystance’: ‘I get my legs back’
Implications for Practice
Conclusion
Areas for Further Research
References