From schism to continuum? The problematic relationship between expert and lay knowledge - An exploratory conceptual synthesis of two qualitative studies
From schism to continuum? The problematic relationship between expert and lay knowledge - An exploratory conceptual synthesis of two qualitative studies
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DOI：
10.1177/1049732304273927
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发表时间：
2005-07-01
影响因子：
3.2
通讯作者：
Shaw, A
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作者：
McClean, S;Shaw, A
关于非专业知识和专家知识的想法越来越多地突出了定性健康研究中的辩论。在这篇文章中，作者对两项定性研究进行了探索性的综合，在这两项研究中，他们批评了门外汉和专家之间的鸿沟，相反，他们建议了一系列关于健康和科学问题的知识(S)。在最初的研究中，研究人员检查了食品风险和替代医学，他们对外行-专家知识关系有共同的兴趣。根据另一项研究重新解释每项研究导致了更大的概念发展。出现了三个相互关联的主题，并讨论了它们对更广泛的理论辩论的贡献。这个成功的例子表明，研究人员可以通过不是由共同的健康主题而是由共同的概念关切而联合起来的定性研究之间的思想交叉，实现有价值的额外概念发展。
Ideas about lay and expert knowledge increasingly underscore debates within qualitative health research. In this article, the authors develop an exploratory synthesis of two qualitative studies in which they critique the lay-expert divide, suggesting instead a spectrum of knowledge(s) about health and scientific issues. In the original studies, the researchers examined food risks and alternative medicine, and they shared an interest in the lay-expert knowledge relationship. Reinterpreting each study in the light of the other led to greater conceptual development. Three mutual themes emerged and are presented with discussion of their contribution to wider theoretical debates. This worked example indicates that researchers can achieve valuable additional conceptual development through the cross-fertilization of ideas across qualitative studies united not by common health topics but by shared conceptual concerns.