Thematic Analysis

Elements of healthy death: a thematic analysis

Background: Death is a natural and frightening phenomenon, which is inevitable. Previous studies on death, which presented a negative and tedious image of this process, are now being revised and directed towards acceptable death and good death. One of the proposed terms about death and dying is “healthy death”, which encourages dealing with death positively and leading a lively and ...

Content Analysis (qualitative, Thematic)

Using thematic analysis in psychology

Thematic analysis is a poorly demarcated, rarely acknowledged, yet widely used qualitative analytic method within psychology. In this paper, we argue that it offers an accessible and theoretically flexible approach to analysing qualitative data. We outline what thematic analysis is, locating it in relation to other qualitative analytic methods that search for themes or patterns, and in relation...

Thematic and Structural Analysis of Sepideh Kashani’s Poetry

This article discusses the structural and thematic aspects of poetry by Sorour Azam Bakouji, known as Sepideh Kashani. Her poetry contains not only revolutionary poems before the Islamic Revolution in Iran but also those about imposed war on Iran by Iraq. Regarding this fact, the writer of the current study tries to discuss which types of genres, figures, images, as well as language have been u...

Elements of healthy death: a thematic analysis

Background: Death is a natural and frightening phenomenon, which is inevitable. Previous studies on death, which presented a negative and tedious image of this process, are now being revised and directed towards acceptable death and good death. One of the proposed terms about death and dying is "healthy death", which encourages dealing with death positively and leading a lively and happy life u...