| Description |
xii, 172 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
Prologue: Speaking of the Truth -- 1. The Whole Truth and Progress in Nursing Knowledge Development / June F. Kikuchi and Helen Simmons -- 2. Nursing Knowledge: The Problem of the Criterion / Robyn J. Holden -- 3. Nursing Art and Prescriptive Truths / Joy L. Johnson -- 4. The Individual as a Measure of Truth in Nursing Inquiry / Lynn Rew -- 5. Community, Culture, and Truth in Nursing Inquiry / Shirley Cloutier Laffrey -- 6. Traditions, Rationality, and Truth in Nursing Inquiry / Joy Hinson Penticuff -- 7. The Nature of Nursing: Natural or Conventional? / Anne H. Bishop -- 8. Common Sense, Truth, and Nursing Knowledge Development / Rozella M. Schlotfeldt -- 9. Truth/Storytelling in Nursing Inquiry / Margarete J. Sandelowski -- 10. Poeticizing as Truth in Nursing Inquiry / Jean Watson -- 11. Problems Inherent in the Epistemology and Methodologies of Feminist Research / Donna M. Romyn -- Epilogue: Seeking Truth About Nursing Truth |
| Summary |
Truth in Nursing Inquiry clearly depicts the epistemological problems with which nursing as a discipline is struggling, most particularly the notion of truth in nursing inquiry. Following the success of previous volumes - Developing a Philosophy of Nursing and Philosophic Inquiry in Nursing - contributors contemplate various images of truth that are gaining popularity in nursing and the social sciences as well as more traditional concepts. Together, they give the reader a comprehensive picture of the diversity of notions of truth that predominate in nursing thought |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Nursing -- Research -- Philosophy.
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Truth.
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Nursing Theory.
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Nursing Research.
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Nursing.
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Research.
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Truth Disclosure.
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| Author |
Kikuchi, June F.
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Romyn, Donna.
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Simmons, Helen, 1927-
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| LC no. |
95041742 |
| ISBN |
0761900985 (cloth : acid-free) |
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0761900993 (paperback) |
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