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Nursing's metaparadigm concepts: disimpacting the debates.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  9663878     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Theoretical advances in nursing have been complicated by polarization and extreme positions regarding nursing's approach to its main metaparadigm concepts: person, health, environment and nursing. In this paper, the authors deconstruct some of the central arguments that are used to further this polarization. Using a critical interpretive approach, they explain some of the logical implications imposed by various extreme positions for the larger project of nursing's health and social mandate, and consider the effects of such polarization. On the basis of an appreciation of the serious difficulties inherent in certain philosophical and theoretical positions currently evident within nursing's literature, the authors argue for a less extreme and more integrated reference point for nursing's theory and practice.
Authors:
S Thorne; C Canam; S Dahinten; W Hall; A Henderson; S R Kirkham
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Review    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Journal of advanced nursing     Volume:  27     ISSN:  0309-2402     ISO Abbreviation:  J Adv Nurs     Publication Date:  1998 Jun 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  1998-09-15     Completed Date:  1998-09-15     Revised Date:  2005-11-16    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  7609811     Medline TA:  J Adv Nurs     Country:  ENGLAND    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  1257-68     Citation Subset:  IM; N    
Affiliation:
Nursing, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Disease
Empathy
Humans
Models, Nursing
Nursing Theory*
Philosophy, Nursing*
Quality of Life
Social Environment

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