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A Philosophical Perspective Analysis of Researches in Positivism and Interpretivism Paradigms
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نویسندگان
Ph.D, Assistant Professor; Faculty member of Ministry of Science, Research and Technology; Islamic Republic of Iran, Tehran, IRAN.
چکیده
Background and Objectives: Given that developing the useful paradigm makes novel and philosophical specifications for administrators of various fields of healthcare dealing with humans. Despite positivistic research and quantitative methodology have much to offer in health research, many questions in healthcare management (HM) cannot be answered by these approaches; such weaknesses of utilizing only a “functionalist paradigm” in HM researchers, tend us to examine a variety of research approaches which may find useful to meet the needs of understanding their environment and purposed as aim of this paper.
Methods: Thirty HM articles analyzed using a meta-analysis method based on a philosophical perspective from inform research design field.
Findings: We seek not to make an argument about which methodological paradigm is best, rather we present the reader with a paradigm view of each. Despite dominant of functionalist paradigm in many HM researches, we found necessary new HM approaches based on interpretive paradigm. Helpful instances of these approaches in term of HM are explored in descriptive data mining and Health Technology Assessment.
Conclusions: This study indicated that in some articles of HM the “Functionalist” paradigm, whereas new challenges are raised for many shift paradigm as a significant requirement. Although this is not a general conclusion about the field of HM researchers, but this is conclusive that HM researchers consider combining approaches rather than just rely on traditional methods. Realizing both objective and subjective knowledge in HM required discussion of the research paradigms, which achieved more by “functionalism” and partly by “interpretive” paradigms.
Methods: Thirty HM articles analyzed using a meta-analysis method based on a philosophical perspective from inform research design field.
Findings: We seek not to make an argument about which methodological paradigm is best, rather we present the reader with a paradigm view of each. Despite dominant of functionalist paradigm in many HM researches, we found necessary new HM approaches based on interpretive paradigm. Helpful instances of these approaches in term of HM are explored in descriptive data mining and Health Technology Assessment.
Conclusions: This study indicated that in some articles of HM the “Functionalist” paradigm, whereas new challenges are raised for many shift paradigm as a significant requirement. Although this is not a general conclusion about the field of HM researchers, but this is conclusive that HM researchers consider combining approaches rather than just rely on traditional methods. Realizing both objective and subjective knowledge in HM required discussion of the research paradigms, which achieved more by “functionalism” and partly by “interpretive” paradigms.
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