Cogitare Enfermagem (Jun 2014)

THEMATIC ORAL HISTORY IN NURSING RESEARCH: A BIBLIOMETRIC STUDY

  • Maria Lúcia Azevedo Ferreira de Macêdo,
  • Maria Cláudia Medeiros Dantas de Rubim Costa,
  • Simone Pedrosa Lima,
  • Maria Itayra Padilha,
  • Miriam Süsskind Borenstein

DOI
https://doi.org/10.5380/ce.v19i2.37360
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 19, no. 2
pp. 360 – 367

Abstract

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This bibliometric study aimed to characterize the nursing scientific production and the use of thematic oral history as a method or technique in the Brazilian context, between January 2008 and September 2012, indexed in Brazilian and international databases. For the search, the term “thematic oral history” was used. A total of 32 articles was selected. The majority of the studies were concentrated in 2010, in the south-east and north-east regions of Brazil, and the most-studied thematic areas were women’s health, education in nursing, and mental health. It was observed that the fields of research in thematic oral history are mainly collective spaces, and the subjects of the studies are often vulnerable in relation to some unstable health and/or life condition. Giving “a time and a voice” to people in the health and nursing contexts is an important scientific path.

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