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In previous chapters, I introduced the rationale for having a phenomenological approach underpin research design and methods in general. What follows here is a discussion of the methodological issues pertinent to this particular piece of empirical research—the application in the field of what the phenomenological paradigm promotes as significant for understanding social life and the power relations which operate within it. In this chapter, I describe and justify my choices as they relate to sampling, interview schedule and analytical tool. In doing so, I pay attention to how I claim the research to be academically rigorous; how I address the ethical dilemmas inherent in gerontological research in the two countries; how I maintained a reflexive stance throughout the process; and how differences in eldercare policy and provision in the two countries were methodologically significant.
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Thompson, S. (2013). Research Design and Methods. In: Reciprocity and Dependency in Old Age. International Perspectives on Aging, vol 8. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-6687-1_4
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