Truth in Nursing Inquiry
1st Edition
Published on 16. April 1996
Book
Hardback
184 pages
978-0-7619-0098-6 (ISBN)
Description
This important book confronts the epistemological problems with which nursing as a discipline is struggling - most particularly with regard to the notion of truth in nursing inquiry. The book is divided into three parts: Part One is devoted to the kinds of truth in nursing inquiry; Part Two examines measures of truth; and Part Three explores expressions of truth in nursing inquiry. Section introductions and guiding questions assist readers in identifying and clarifying the issues and concepts being discussed, thereby helping them to focus on their own concepts of truth.
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Content
Prologue: Speaking of the Truth
PART ONE: KINDS OF TRUTH IN NURSING INQUIRY
The Whole Truth and Progress in Nursing Knowledge Development - June Kikuchi and Helen Simmons
Nursing Knowledge - Robyn J Holden
The Problem of the Criterion
Nursing Art and Prescriptive Truths - Joy L Johnson
PART TWO: MEASURES OF TRUTH IN NURSING INQUIRY
The Individual as a Measure of Truth in Nursing Inquiry - Lynn Rew
Community, Culture, and Truth in Nursing Inquiry - Shirley Cloutier Laffrey
Traditions, Rationality, and Truth in Nursing Inquiry - Joy Hinson Penticuff
The Nature of Nursing - Anne H Bishop
Natural or Conventional?
Common Sense, Truth, and Nursing Knowledge Development - Rozella M Schlotfeldt
PART THREE: EXPRESSIONS OF TRUTH IN NURSING INQUIRY
Truth/Story-Telling in Nursing Inquiry - Margarete J Sandelowski
Poeticizing as Truth in Nursing Inquiry - Jean Watson
Problems Inherent in the Epistemology and Methodologies of Feminist Research - Donna M Romyn
Epilogue: Seeking Truth about Nursing Truth
PART ONE: KINDS OF TRUTH IN NURSING INQUIRY
The Whole Truth and Progress in Nursing Knowledge Development - June Kikuchi and Helen Simmons
Nursing Knowledge - Robyn J Holden
The Problem of the Criterion
Nursing Art and Prescriptive Truths - Joy L Johnson
PART TWO: MEASURES OF TRUTH IN NURSING INQUIRY
The Individual as a Measure of Truth in Nursing Inquiry - Lynn Rew
Community, Culture, and Truth in Nursing Inquiry - Shirley Cloutier Laffrey
Traditions, Rationality, and Truth in Nursing Inquiry - Joy Hinson Penticuff
The Nature of Nursing - Anne H Bishop
Natural or Conventional?
Common Sense, Truth, and Nursing Knowledge Development - Rozella M Schlotfeldt
PART THREE: EXPRESSIONS OF TRUTH IN NURSING INQUIRY
Truth/Story-Telling in Nursing Inquiry - Margarete J Sandelowski
Poeticizing as Truth in Nursing Inquiry - Jean Watson
Problems Inherent in the Epistemology and Methodologies of Feminist Research - Donna M Romyn
Epilogue: Seeking Truth about Nursing Truth