Developing a Philosophy of Nursing.

Developing a Philosophy of Nursing.

What is a philosophy of nursing? What is required for its development? How is it related to contemporary conceptualizations of nursing? Answers to these and other questions are pursued by leading nursing scholars in this important new book. It will help the researcher gain a better grasp of what it...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kikuchi, Dr. June F. F.
Other Authors: Simmons, Dr. Helen
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Thousand Oaks : SAGE Publications, 1993.
Subjects:
Nursing > Philosophy.
Nurse and patient.
Nurse and patient
Nursing > Philosophy
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Prologue: Clarifying the Nature and Place of a Philosophy of Nursing; Part I
  • Establishing Common Ground in Nursing Philosophy; Chapter 1
  • A Philosophy of Nursing: What is it? What is it Not?; Chapter 2
  • Commentary; Chapter 3
  • Commentary; Chapter 4
  • Commentary; Part II
  • Accommodating Diversity in Nursing Philosophy; Chapter 5
  • Arriving at a Philosophy of Nursing: Discovering? Constructing? Evolving?; Chapter 6
  • Eclecticism in Nursing Philosophy: Problem or Solution?; Chapter 7
  • Resolving Opposing Viewpoints: Is it Desirable? Is it Practicable?
  • Part III
  • Articulating a Sound Philosophy of NursingChapter 8
  • A Pragmatic Philosophy of Nursing: Threat or Promise?; Chapter 9
  • Developing a Sound Philosophy of Nursing: Is Historical Nursing Knowledge Necessary?; Chapter 10
  • Some Further Thoughts on the Ethics of Nursing Rhetoric; Epilogue: Making Progress in Developing a Sound Philosophy of Nursing; Index; About the Editors; About the Contributors.

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