Perspectives on nursing theory / edited by Pamela G. Reed, Nelma B. Crawford Shearer
Imprint
Philadelphia : Wolters Kluwer Health/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, c2009
Edition
5th ed
Descript
xx, 731 p. ; 23 cm
CONTENT
STructures of nursing knowledge -- Historical contexts of nursing knowledge development -- Three theoretical thinking in practice -- Philosophies of science and knowledge development -- Epistemolgies evidence and practice -- Tools for theory development -- Characteristics and criteria of nursing theories -- Ethics inquiry -- Philosophic views on nursing and its practice -- Future directions for nursing theory