Complex critical realism: Tenets and application in nursing research

Advances in Nursing Science

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2008, Pages

  Clark, Alexander M ^a   Lissel, Sue L ^a   Davis, Caroline ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Framework; Nursing research; Ontology; Philosophy; Realism; Realist; Theory

Indexed keywords

CONFLICT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHICS; EVIDENCE BASED NURSING; EXISTENTIALISM; HUMAN; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; KNOWLEDGE; METHODOLOGY; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; NURSING RESEARCH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHILOSOPHY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; SCIENCE; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); DISSENT AND DISPUTES; ETHICAL RELATIVISM; EVIDENCE-BASED NURSING; EXISTENTIALISM; HUMANS; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; KNOWLEDGE; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; NURSING RESEARCH; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PHILOSOPHY, NURSING; POSTMODERNISM; RESEARCH DESIGN; SCIENCE; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 61749091268     PISSN: 01619268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ANS.0000341421.34457.2a     Document Type: Article

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