Topic: autoethnography

Morhaf Al Achkar| Qualitative Study of Making Meaning and Coping with Incurable Cancer With Reflections by The Researcher as a Physician and A Patient

April 22, 2019

Posted by: Lauren R Dobrovolny

Morhaf Al Achkar, MD, Ph.D. was born in Aleppo-Syria and migrated to the United States after finishing medical school. He obtained a Ph.D. in Research Inquiry Methodology in Social Sciences from Indiana University School of Education. Currently, he is a practicing family physician and a faculty member at the University of Washington. Morhaf will present his methodology to interviewing 40 cancer patient experiences, including his experience with a lung cancer diagnosis in 2016.