ABSTRACT
In this chapter, the author explains the way in which he 'made' his interpretations of participants. He explains how he interpreted the materials generated during fieldwork, and how he later constructed this interpretation into the chapters that make up this book. The author outlines the interpretive strategies of the study. The important issue to be resolved now is what makes the content of this study credible. While neutrality and objectivity were neither possible nor desirable in this research, the author's use of philosophical hermeneutics has helped to reveal his underlying intentions leading to interpretation. His use of effective history caused him to engage in conscious use of his personal nursing knowledge and practice as well as understandings developed within and beyond the field. Philosophical hermeneutics encouraged him to listen, and to tune in to all that caught his ear, his eye, throughout the journey. The research was time-bound by the life and social conditions that prevailed during the Balkan war.
