Jamesian pragmatism: A framework for working towards unified diversity in nursing knowledge development

Nursing Philosophy

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 191-203

  McCready, Jason S ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fallibilism; Nursing knowledge development.; Plurality; Pragmatism; William James

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EMPIRICISM; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HISTORY; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MASS COMMUNICATION; NURSING RESEARCH; NURSING THEORY; PHILOSOPHY;

CULTURAL DIVERSITY; DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; EMPIRICISM; EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; KNOWLEDGE; NURSING RESEARCH; NURSING THEORY; PHILOSOPHY, NURSING;

EID: 77954591385     PISSN: 14667681     EISSN: 1466769X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1466-769X.2010.00444.x     Document Type: Article

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