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This important book analyzes the major schools of thought in contemporary Western science in order to arrive at a philosophy (or philosophies) of science consistent with the discipline of nursing. After examining traditional empiricist views of science, the contributors focus on the schools of thought that challenge them. Next, they introduce postmodern schools of thought including feminism, phenomenology, critical theory and poststructuralism. Each analytic discussion is followed by a chapter exploring how particular tenets of the school have influenced the development of nursing knowledge and nursing science.
Applied Science, Practice, and Intervention Technology
Applied Science, Practice, and Intervention Technology
A fundamental issue in nursing concerns the very essence of nursing itself, namely, will nursing continue to be a caring practice, or will it become an applied science? The answer to this question depends on how applied science and practice are interpreted and on the relationships between them. We attempt to interpret and relate them in a way that will show that nursing is a caring practice that can be improved by use of applied science. First, we briefly consider the differences between interpreting nursing as an applied science and nursing as a practice (for a more extensive treatment of this difference, see Bishop & Scudder, 1990, 1991). Then we ...
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