Philosophical underpinnings of an emergent methodology for nursing as caring inquiry.

Full Abstract

Two research approaches congruent with the theory of nursing as caring are described:
group interpretive phenomenology and nursing as caring research as praxis. The idea of praxis and the theory of communicative action are explored for congruence as philosophical underpinnings of a possible eventual methodology for developing knowledge of nursing as caring.

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Author information

Author/s: Schoenhofer, Savina O (SO);

Affiliation: Department of Graduate Nursing, Alcorn State University, Natchez, Mississippi, USA.

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Journal Article

Journal: Nursing science quarterly (Nurs Sci Q), published in United States. (Language: eng)

Reference: 2002-Oct; vol 15 (issue 4) : pp 275-80

Dates: Created 2002/10/21; Completed 2002/12/13; Revised 2004/11/17;

PMID: 12387223, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 12/26/2008)

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Nursing Care
Philosophy, Nursing
Teaching - methods

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