How can Rorty help nursing science in the development of a philosophical 'foundation'?

Nursing Philosophy

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 81-90

  Isaacs, Sandy ^a   Ploeg, Jenny ^a   Tompkins, Catherine ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Nursing foundations; Postmodernism; Pragmatism; Rorty

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HISTORY; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; NURSE; NURSING; NURSING EDUCATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PHILOSOPHY; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; EDUCATION, NURSING; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; NURSES; NURSING SERVICES; PHILOSOPHY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 67650308961     PISSN: 14667681     EISSN: 1466769X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1466-769X.2008.00364.x     Document Type: Article

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