Disability, nursing research and the importance of reflexivity

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 391-397

  Northway, Ruth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLAMORGAN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Critical reflection; Disability; Emancipation; Health care; Methodology; Nursing; Reflexivity; Research; Social model

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BEHAVIOR; DISABLED PERSON; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; METHODOLOGY; MODEL; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING RESEARCH; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PERSONNEL; PHILOSOPHY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; THINKING;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DISABLED PERSONS; HUMANS; KNOWLEDGE; MODELS, NURSING; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSING RESEARCH; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PHILOSOPHY, NURSING; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); PREJUDICE; RESEARCH DESIGN; RESEARCH PERSONNEL; THINKING;

EID: 0034241385     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2648.2000.01488.x     Document Type: Article

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