Nursing research and the philosophy of hermeneutics

Nursing Inquiry

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 45-52

  Draper, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hermeneutics; Nursing homes; Qualitative methodology; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

AGED; HOME FOR THE AGED; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; NURSING HOME; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PHILOSOPHY; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

AGED; DATA COLLECTION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; NURSING HOMES; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PHILOSOPHY, NURSING; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 0030096931     PISSN: 13207881     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1800.1996.tb00008.x     Document Type: Article

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