Observations on positivism and pseudoscience in qualitative nursing research

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 67-73

  Johnson, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Epistemology; Nursing research; Pseudoscience; Qualitative methods

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; KNOWLEDGE; NURSING RESEARCH; NURSING THEORY; PHILOSOPHY; SCIENCE;

KNOWLEDGE; NURSING RESEARCH; NURSING THEORY; PHILOSOPHY, NURSING; SCIENCE;

EID: 0033158433     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2648.1999.01050.x     Document Type: Article

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