Hermeneutic philosophy. Part I: Implications of its use as methodology in interpretive nursing research

Nursing Inquiry

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 154-163

  Geanellos, Rene ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b Lot 2 ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

Forestructures; Hermeneutic philosophy; Interpretive nursing research; Pre understanding

Indexed keywords

EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; METHODOLOGY; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING THEORY; PHILOSOPHY; REVIEW; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); HUMANS; KNOWLEDGE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING THEORY; PHILOSOPHY, NURSING; PREJUDICE; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 0032153316     PISSN: 13207881     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1800.1998.530154.x     Document Type: Article

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