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Developing nursing knowledge : philosophical traditions and influences / Beth L. Rodgers.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Philadelphia ; London : Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, c2005.Description: xvii, 228 p. : ill. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 9780781747080 (pbk.) :
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 610.73 22
LOC classification:
  • RT84.5 .R636 2005
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Contents:
Understanding nursing knowledge -- Knowledge in classical philosophy -- Knowledge from within: the rationalism of Descartes -- The road to modern science: British empiricism -- The transcendental idealism of Immanual Kant -- Modern science: mirror of reality -- Science in context: historicist conceptualizations of science -- Conceptual repertoires and leaps -- The postmodern turn -- Interpretive inquiry: the mirror cracked -- Feminism and science -- Problems and practicalities in developing nursing knowledge -- Models for nursing knowledge development -- The future of nursing knowledge.
Summary: Offers a comprehensive discussion of philosophies that are relevant to the conceptualisation and development of the knowledge base and discipline of nursing.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Understanding nursing knowledge -- Knowledge in classical philosophy -- Knowledge from within: the rationalism of Descartes -- The road to modern science: British empiricism -- The transcendental idealism of Immanual Kant -- Modern science: mirror of reality -- Science in context: historicist conceptualizations of science -- Conceptual repertoires and leaps -- The postmodern turn -- Interpretive inquiry: the mirror cracked -- Feminism and science -- Problems and practicalities in developing nursing knowledge -- Models for nursing knowledge development -- The future of nursing knowledge.

Offers a comprehensive discussion of philosophies that are relevant to the conceptualisation and development of the knowledge base and discipline of nursing.

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