Nursing research using historical methods : qualitative designs and methods in nursing

Summary: This is a concise, step-by-step guide to conducting qualitative nursing research using various forms of historical analysis. It is part of a unique series of books devoted to seven different qualitative designs and methods in nursing, written for novice researchers and specialists seeking to develop or expand their competency. Historical Research is a qualitative research method that systematically examines past events from existing documents or other data or by interviewing individuals who lived through those events in order to understand the past. Written by a noted qualitative research scho.

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ISBN: 9780826126184
ISBN: 0826126189
ISBN: 9780826126184
ISBN: 0826126170
ISBN: 9780826126177
Physical Description: 1 online resource (xxii, 215 pages) : illustrations
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Publisher: New York : Springer Publishing Company, [2015]

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Learning the historical method : step-by-step / Sandra B. Lewenson and Annemarie McAllister -- Essay on sources / Patricia D'Antonio -- Commentary : interview with Dr. Barbra Mann Wall / Mary de Chesnay -- Inside tract of doing historical research : my dissertation story / Annemarie McAllister and Sandra B. Lewenson -- History in the making : organizing a nursing history dissertation / Jeannine Uribe -- Conducting oral history research in community mental health nursing / Geertje Boschma -- Celluloid angels : the power of stories / David Stanley -- The Navajo experience of Elizabeth Forrester, public health nurse / Mary Ann Ruffing-Rahal -- Sojourner : life stories of a global health nurse / Barbara A. Anderson -- Aviation pioneers : World War II evacuation nurses / Susan Y. Stevens -- Commentary : history through the lens of a nurse / Susan Y. Stevens.