Bringing values back into evidence-based nursing: The role of patients in resisting empiricism

Advances in Nursing Science

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 106-118

  Porter, Sam ^a   O'Halloran, Peter ^a   Morrow, Elizabeth ^b  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

empirics; patient autonomy; patient participation; patterns of knowing; randomized controlled trials

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; ETHICS; EVIDENCE BASED NURSING; HUMAN; MORALITY; NURSING RESEARCH; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; UNITED KINGDOM;

EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; EVIDENCE-BASED NURSING; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MORALS; NURSING RESEARCH; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; SOCIAL VALUES;

EID: 79958056031     PISSN: 01619268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ANS.0b013e31821690d9     Document Type: Article

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