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

Author/creator Rodgers, Beth L.
Format Book
Publication InfoPhiladelphia : Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, ©2005.
Descriptionxvii, 228 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Subjects

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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2004014790
ISBN0781747082 :

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