Toward compassionate action: Pragmatism and the inseparability of theory/practice

Advances in Nursing Science

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 81-90

  Doane, Gweneth Hartrick ^a   Varcoe, Colleen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Compassionate action; Culture; Diversity; Family nursing; Pragmatism; Theory

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DIET; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FAMILY; HEALTH; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; LEARNING; NURSING; POLITICS; PRESCRIPTION; RELIGION; REVIEW; SEXUAL ORIENTATION; SOCIAL ASPECT; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 14844348778     PISSN: 01619268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00012272-200501000-00009     Document Type: Review

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