Part I: Philosophy and thinking Chapter 1: Philosophical perspectives Chapter 2: Coming to thinking Part II: Designing the hermeneutic phenomenology study Chapter 3: Literature review and refining the hermeneutic research question Chapter 4: Population and sampling Chapter 5: Being ethical Part III: Delivering the hermeneutic phenomenology study Chapter 6: Data collection and management Chapter 7: Data analysis and interpretation Chapter 8: Reflexivity and rigour Chapter 9: Writing and dissemination Part IV: Personal entrees into hermeneutic phenomenology