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Being With That: The Relevance of Embodied Understanding for Practice

Les Todres

Bournemouth University, Bournemouth, United Kingdom

In this keynote presentation, I consider one way of articulating a more intimate relationship between the findings of qualitative research and the practice of care in health-related contexts. Drawing on the writings of Gadamer and Gendlin, I consider the kind of understanding that might be particularly relevant to everyday practice. I call this "embodied relational understanding." I further pursue the question of how the findings of qualitative research can become a rich resource for sensitizing practitioners to engage with the complexities of practice. I argue that providing such a resource requires us to pay more attention to the evocative power of our findings and their potentially transformational power for personal and professional development.

Key Words: embodiment/bodily experiences • epistemology • Gadamer • knowledge • utilization • phenomenology • philosophy • van Manen

Qualitative Health Research, Vol. 18, No. 11, 1566-1573 (2008)
DOI: 10.1177/1049732308324249
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