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Truth in nursing inquiry / June F. Kikuchi, Helen Simmons, Donna Romyn, editors.
- Title
- Truth in nursing inquiry / June F. Kikuchi, Helen Simmons, Donna Romyn, editors.
- Publication
- Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage Publications, [1996], ©1996.
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| Text | Request in advance | RT81.5 .T785 1996 | Off-site |
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- Description
- xii, 172 pages : illustrations; 23 cm
- Summary
- Together, they give the reader a comprehensive picture of the diversity of notions of truth that predominate in nursing thought.
- 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.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. ) and index.
- 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.
- ISBN
- 0761900985 (cloth)
- 0761900993 (pbk.)
- LCCN
- 95041742
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries