The advocate-analyst dialectic in critical and postcolonial feminist research: Reconciling tensions around scientific integrity

Advances in Nursing Science

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 196-205

  Reimer Kirkham, Sheryl ^a   Anderson, Joan M ^b  

^a TRINITY WESTERN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Advocacy; Critical inquiry; Feminism; Postcolonial; Research methodology; Rigor; Scientific integrity; Social justice

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMINISM; HISTORY; HUMAN; MEDICAL ETHICS; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PHILOSOPHY; POLITICAL SYSTEM; SCIENTIFIC MISCONDUCT; SOCIAL JUSTICE;

COLONIALISM; ETHICS, NURSING; FEMINISM; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PHILOSOPHY, NURSING; SCIENTIFIC MISCONDUCT; SOCIAL JUSTICE;

EID: 77957996476     PISSN: 01619268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ANS.0b013e3181e4a7d3     Document Type: Article

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