University of Copenhagen, Department of Public Health, Center for Research and Education in General Medicine, Øster Farimagsgade 5, 1353, København K, Denmark.
University of Copenhagen, Department of Pharmacy, Social and Clinical Pharmacy Group, Universitetsparken 2, 2100, København Ø, Denmark.
Res Social Adm Pharm. 2022 Jan;18(1):2151-2156. doi: 10.1016/j.sapharm.2021.04.003. Epub 2021 Apr 20.
Studying the social aspects of pharmaceuticals is an inherent part of the field of social pharmacy. Ethnography as a methodology provides a lens to guide researchers on this endeavor by offering richer insights into "real world practices" of professionals, patients and relatives compared to other methods. With a focus on meaning making, ethnography goes beyond descriptions and promotes theory-informed interpretations. Therefore, this methodology can lead to new understandings of medicine use in practice and in policy making. This article provides a brief introduction to ethnography, especially in relation to doing participant observation and fieldwork. An example from an ethnographic fieldwork on Danish home care for frail elderly is used to illustrate how ethnography can be applied, while focusing on three key features of ethnographic analysis: Thick descriptions, analytical generalizability and reflexivity.
研究药品的社会方面是社会药学领域的固有组成部分。民族志学作为一种方法，通过提供更深入的专业人员、患者和亲属的“现实世界实践”的见解，与其他方法相比，为研究人员提供了指导。民族志学侧重于意义的构建，超越了描述，促进了理论导向的解释。因此，这种方法可以导致对实践和决策中药物使用的新理解。本文简要介绍了民族志学，特别是与参与观察和实地工作有关的内容。本文使用丹麦对体弱老年人家庭护理的民族志实地工作示例来说明如何应用民族志学，同时重点关注民族志分析的三个关键特征：详细描述、分析的普遍性和反思性。
