A fenomenologia de Alfred Schutz e sua aplicação no campo da pesquisa em saúde e enfermagem.

Qualitative research allows carrying out studies taking into account contexts and circumstances where the research is inserted. In order to respond to what is proposed by qualitative research, it is necessary that the chosen analysis method encourages intersubjectivity to be registered. In this way, one of the means chosen for this purpose is through the use of Alfred Schutz's phenomenology. This study aims to reflect the phenomenology proposed by Alfred Schutz and its application in the field of health and nursing research. This is a theoretical-reflective study, built during the curricular component "Methodology of Qualitative Studies" of the Graduate Program in Health and Society, at the State University of Rio Grande do Norte. The critical and systematic research method of phenomenology has gained recognition as an approach to qualitative research, applicable to the study of important phenomena in various fields, including health/nursing, since it constitutes an alternative research that contributes to a look effective on experiences related to the health-disease process of human beings and, mainly, those experienced in different care and health care settings, such as nursing care, HIV/AIDS, Mental Health, violence, among others. Finally, it is necessary to deepen theories, such as phenomenology, for the development of qualitative research with greater robustness and methodological quality. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]