[Access to first-person experience in research into mental health].
Ciencia & saude coletiva October 1, 2013 Erotildes Maria Leal, Octavio Domont De Serpa
This article presents and discusses the epistemological and methodological challenges related to the empirical study of first-person experience in mental health research. Considering the field of qualitative research, the methodological principles of phenomenology and medical anthropology are examined from a historical and conceptual perspective. The main operational concepts of the...