The quiet room. A narrative analysis of elderly widowed people's perspectives of loneliness

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The quiet room. A narrative analysis of elderly widowed people's perspectives of loneliness

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University of Otago

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Description

This thesis is the culmination of a Doctoral research project undertaken through the Postgraduate Nursing Department, Otago University. The aim was to retell the story of the experience of loneliness from the perspectives of older widows and widowers living in the wider Christchurch area of New Zealand. Interviews were undertaken 20 widows and 20 widowers. The transcripts underwent a process of coding and narrative analysis. The themes identified within the narratives were developed into a co...

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Research paper

Research format

Scholarly text / Thesis

Thesis level

Doctoral

Date created

2015

Creator

Davies-Kelly, Nicola

URL

https://hdl.handle.net/10523/5437

Related subjects

Loneliness / Widowhood / Ageing / NewZealand

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