Are phenomenology and postpositivism strange bedfellows?

Western Journal of Nursing Research

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 464-481

  Racher, Frances E ^a   Robinson, Steven ^a  

^a BRANDON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Interpretive research; Methodology; Phenomenology; Philosophy; Research paradigms

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CREATIVITY; EXPERIENCE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; METHODOLOGY; NURSE; NURSING; PHENOMENOLOGY; PHILOSOPHY; THEORETICAL STUDY; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EXISTENTIALISM; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MODEL; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING THEORY; PERSONNEL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; STANDARD;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CREATIVENESS; EXISTENTIALISM; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; KNOWLEDGE; MODELS, NURSING; NURSES; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING THEORY; PHILOSOPHY, NURSING; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH DESIGN; RESEARCH PERSONNEL;

EID: 0141541735     PISSN: 01939459     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0193945903253909     Document Type: Article

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