Department Medical Humanities, Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Department Psychiatry, Haaglanden MC, The Hague, The Netherlands.
Int J Qual Stud Health Well-being. 2020 Dec;15(1):1730552. doi: 10.1080/17482631.2020.1730552.
The purpose of this article is to show case study research focused on persons as a case and our personal engagement with the case can improve our innerstandings and understanding of person-centred care. We present the methodology and epistemology of naturalistic case study research and illuminate this approach with the case study of Ellen, a young, Dutch, white-middle class woman with a compulsive disorder. We combine naturalistic case study research with the personal narratives of those involved in the research, including ourselves, and interpreted through a feminist and gender lens. The case study research enhanced the personal and mutual understanding of all involved, including the researchers. Feminist and gender theory revealed the hidden personal motif for the choice of the case, and led to a re-viewing of the original story, offering a re-storying. We conclude that the personal motif as well as the use of our personal experiences to understand the case deserve more attention in case study research to address the complex interplay of social and intrapsychic dimensions, and develop more in-depth innerstandings for all engaged.
本文的目的是展示以个人为案例的案例研究，我们对案例的个人参与可以提高我们对以人为中心的护理的理解和认识。我们介绍了自然主义案例研究的方法和认识论，并通过对一位年轻的荷兰白人中产阶级女性 Ellen 的强迫症案例研究来说明这种方法。我们将自然主义案例研究与参与研究的人的个人叙述相结合，包括我们自己的叙述，并通过女权主义和性别视角进行解释。案例研究增强了所有参与者的个人和相互理解，包括研究人员。女权主义和性别理论揭示了选择案例的隐藏个人动机，并导致对原始故事的重新审视，提供了重新叙述。我们的结论是，个人动机以及使用我们的个人经验来理解案例，在案例研究中值得更多关注，以解决社会和内在心理维度的复杂相互作用，并为所有参与者发展更深入的理解。
