Developing a Philosophy of Nursing, Part 489What 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 will take to establish a sound philosophical basis for the development of nursing practice, education, research and administration. |
Contents
Clarifying the Nature and Place of a Philosophy of Nursing | 1 |
Part I Establishing Common Ground in Nursing Philosophy | 7 |
What is it? What is it Not? | 11 |
Chapter 2 Commentary | 20 |
Chapter 3 Commentary | 25 |
Chapter 4 Commentary | 33 |
Part II Accommodating Diversity in Nursing Philosophy | 39 |
Discovering? Constructing? Evolving? | 43 |
Part III Articulating a Sound Philosophy of Nursing | 75 |
Threat or Promise? | 79 |
Is Historical Nursing Knowledge Necessary? | 95 |
Chapter 10 Some Further Thoughts on the Ethics of Nursing Rhetoric | 104 |
Making Progress in Developing a Sound Philosophy of Nursing | 110 |
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About the Editors | 121 |
About the Contributors | 123 |
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