Title
Using Poetry and Narrative as Qualitative Data: Exploring a Father's Cancer Through Poetry
Publication Date
2004
Document Type
Article
Abstract
Having a close relative develop cancer is a significant event for people that may affect them at many points during their life span. This article addresses the affective experience of a son's response to his father's cancer through a qualitative study involving the use of autobiographical poetry as data. The present study exemplifies expressive arts research methods, which are becoming increasingly influential in qualitative research. Poems are presented as narratives of the lived experience of the author.
Publication Title
Families, Systems, & Health
Volume
22
Issue
2
First Page
162
Last Page
170
DOI
10.1037/1091-7527.22.2.162
Publisher Policy
pre-print, post-print
Recommended Citation
Furman, Rich, "Using Poetry and Narrative as Qualitative Data: Exploring a Father's Cancer Through Poetry" (2004). Social Work & Criminal Justice Publications. 216.
https://digitalcommons.tacoma.uw.edu/socialwork_pub/216
