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020			_a9781405184342
040			_cNULRC
050			_aRT 84.5 .R57 2010
100			_aRisjord, Mark W., 1960- _eauthor
245		0	_aNursing knowledge : _bscience, practice, and philosophy / _cMark W. Risjord
260			_aChichester, England : _bWiley-Blackwell, _cc2010
300			_axviii, 246 pages ; _c25 cm.
365			_bUSD3179.4
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505			_aPrehistory of the problem -- Opening the relevance gap -- Toward a philosophy of nursing science -- Practice values and the disciplinary knowledge base -- Models of value-laden science -- Standpoint epistemology and nursing knowledge -- The nursing standpoint -- Logical positivism and mid-century philosophy of science -- Echoes in nursing -- Rejecting the received view. Postnursing theory inquiry -- The structure of theory -- Models, mechanisms, and middle-range theory -- Consequences of contextualism -- Conceptual models and the fate of grand theory -- The rise of qualitative research -- What is a paradigm? -- Methodological separatism and reconciliation -- Redrawing the map.
520			_aNurses who conduct research have a longstanding interest in questions of nursing knowledge. Nursing Knowledge is a clear and well-informed exposition of the philosophical background to nursing theory and research.
650			_aNURSING -- PHILOSOPHY
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