Book
Nursing knowledge : science, practice, and philosophy / Mark Risjord.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781405184342 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- Physical Description: xviii, 246 p. ; cm.
- Publisher: Chichester, West Sussex ; Blackwell Pub., 2010.
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Pre-history of the problem -- Opening the relevance gap -- Toward a philosophy of nursing science -- Practice values and the disciplinary knowledge base -- Models of value-laden science -- Standpoint epistemology and nursing knowledge -- The nursing standpoint -- Logical positivism and mid-century philosophy of science -- Echoes in nursing -- Rejecting the received view -- Post-nursing theory inquiry -- The structure of theory -- Models, mechanisms, and middle-range theory -- Consequences of contextualism -- Conceptual models and the fate of grand theory -- The rise of qualitative research -- What is a paradigm? -- Methodological separatism and reconciliation -- Redrawing the map. |
Search for related items by subject
| Subject: | Nursing > Philosophy. Nursing > Practice. Nursing Theory. Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice. Nursing Process. Philosophy, Nursing. |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at College of the Rockies.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Circulation Modifier | Holdable? | Status | Due Date | Courses |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cranbrook Campus | RT 84.5 .R57 2010 (Text) | 31111000009108 | CRANBROOK | Volume hold | Available | - |
