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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.
Science and Practice: The Nature of Knowledge
Science and Practice: The Nature of Knowledge
Nursing's search for its professional identity has pervaded the professional literature over at least the past half century. This drive led to the development of master's and doctoral programs and increasingly sophisticated research activity. Nursing research progressed from occasional studies focused on nurses to well-developed programs of research that have built the body of knowledge in specific areas of client care. Examples of such programs are pain management, self-care practices, family health, women's health, and the care of low-birth-weight infants. The focus of this book, nursing's search for its scientific identity, is a natural extension of nursing's search for its professional identity.
Scientific efforts in nursing also have multiplied with the increasing number ...
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