Concept Inventing: A Process for Creating a Unitary Definition of Having Courage

Nursing Science Quarterly

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 143-149

  Bournes, Debra A ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Concept analysis; Concept inventing; Courage; Human becoming; Parse

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; CONCEPT FORMATION; EXISTENTIALISM; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; MODEL; MORALITY; NURSING THEORY; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SELF CONCEPT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; CONCEPT FORMATION; EXISTENTIALISM; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; MODELS, NURSING; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NURSING THEORY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK-TAKING; SELF CONCEPT; VIRTUES;

EID: 0034174752     PISSN: 08943184     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/08943180022107582     Document Type: Article

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