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Understanding Causation in Healthcare: An Introduction to Critical Realism
Both healthcare providers and researchers in the health sciences are well rehearsed in asking the question ‘What could be causing this’? and examining beyond the surface of observable symptoms or obvious factors to understand what is really occurring with patients and health services. Critical reali...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9350449/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35649292 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/10497323221105737 |
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author | Koopmans, Erica Schiller, Dr. Catharine |
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description | Both healthcare providers and researchers in the health sciences are well rehearsed in asking the question ‘What could be causing this’? and examining beyond the surface of observable symptoms or obvious factors to understand what is really occurring with patients and health services. Critical realism is a philosophical framework that can help in this inquiry as we attempt to make sense of the observable world. The aim of this article is to introduce critical realism and explore how it can help both healthcare providers and health science researchers to better understand causation through the mechanisms that generate events, despite those mechanisms often being unseen. The article reviews foundational concepts and examples framed in the healthcare setting to make the key principles, strengths and limitations of critical realism accessible for those who are just beginning their journey with this approach. |
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spelling | pubmed-93504492022-08-05 Understanding Causation in Healthcare: An Introduction to Critical Realism Koopmans, Erica Schiller, Dr. Catharine Qual Health Res Commentary Both healthcare providers and researchers in the health sciences are well rehearsed in asking the question ‘What could be causing this’? and examining beyond the surface of observable symptoms or obvious factors to understand what is really occurring with patients and health services. Critical realism is a philosophical framework that can help in this inquiry as we attempt to make sense of the observable world. The aim of this article is to introduce critical realism and explore how it can help both healthcare providers and health science researchers to better understand causation through the mechanisms that generate events, despite those mechanisms often being unseen. The article reviews foundational concepts and examples framed in the healthcare setting to make the key principles, strengths and limitations of critical realism accessible for those who are just beginning their journey with this approach. SAGE Publications 2022-06-01 2022-07 /pmc/articles/PMC9350449/ /pubmed/35649292 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/10497323221105737 Text en © The Author(s) 2022 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) which permits any use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access page (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage). |
spellingShingle | Commentary Koopmans, Erica Schiller, Dr. Catharine Understanding Causation in Healthcare: An Introduction to Critical Realism |
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title_fullStr | Understanding Causation in Healthcare: An Introduction to Critical
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title_full_unstemmed | Understanding Causation in Healthcare: An Introduction to Critical
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title_short | Understanding Causation in Healthcare: An Introduction to Critical
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title_sort | understanding causation in healthcare: an introduction to critical
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url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9350449/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35649292 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/10497323221105737 |
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