Constructing a 'plausible narrative of progress' for nursing: A neopragmatist suggestion

Nursing Philosophy

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 4-13

  Mason, Walter H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Epistemology; Knowledge; Neopragmatism; Reality; Richard rorty; Truth

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ETHICS; HISTORY; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; KNOWLEDGE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PERSONHOOD; PHILOSOPHY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEMANTICS; UNITED STATES; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

CULTURAL DIVERSITY; ETHICAL RELATIVISM; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; KNOWLEDGE; NARRATION; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PERSONHOOD; PHILOSOPHY, NURSING; POSTMODERNISM; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEMANTICS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 65549094421     PISSN: 14667681     EISSN: 1466769X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1466-769X.2008.00376.x     Document Type: Article

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