Journeying from the philosophical contemplation of constructivism to the methodological pragmatics of health services research

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 641-648

  Appleton, Jane V ^a   King, Lindy ^b  

^a OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Constructivism; Critical realism; Nursing; Participatory inquiry; Philosophy; Postpositivism and health services research

Indexed keywords

EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NURSING RESEARCH; PHILOSOPHY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REVIEW;

CAUSALITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; NURSING RESEARCH; PHILOSOPHY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 0036886193     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2648.2002.02424.x     Document Type: Article

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