Risjord, Mark W.,  1960- <br/><br/>
Nursing knowledge :  science, practice, and philosophy / 
Mark Risjord. 
 - Chichester :  Wiley-Blackwell,  2010. 
 - xviii, 246 p. ;  25 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Postnursing theory inquiry -- The structure of theory -- Models, mechanisms, and middle-range theory -- Consequences of contextualism -- Conceptual models and the fate of grand theory -- The rise of qualitative research -- What is a paradigm? -- Methodological separatism and reconciliation -- Redrawing the map. Prehistory of the problem -- Opening the relevance gap -- Toward a philosophy of nursing science -- Practice values and the disciplinary knowledge base -- Models of value-laden science -- Standpoint epistemology and nursing knowledge -- The nursing standpoint -- Logical positivism and mid-century philosophy of science -- Echoes in nursing -- Rejecting the received view -- 
<br/><br/> Nurses who conduct research have a longstanding interest in questions of nursing knowledge. 'Nursing Knowledge' is a clear and well-informed exposition of the philosophical background to nursing theory and research. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781405184342 (pbk.) :  £34.99 1405184345 (Paper) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Nursing.<br/>Nursing Knowledge.<br/>Philosophy.<br/>Nursing--Philosophy<br/>Nursing--Practice<br/>Health and Wellbeing.<br/>Nursing
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>RT84.5  / .R57 2010 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>610.73 RIS 610.73