Nursing intuition: A valid form of knowledge

Nursing Philosophy

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 98-111

  Green, Catherine ^a  

^a ROCKHURST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Embodied knowledge; Intentional action; Intentional attunement; Intersubjectivity; Intuition; Practical judgment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; INTUITION; KNOWLEDGE; NURSE; PHILOSOPHY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

HUMANS; INTUITION; KNOWLEDGE; NURSES; PHILOSOPHY, NURSING;

EID: 84858144172     PISSN: 14667681     EISSN: 1466769X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1466-769X.2011.00507.x     Document Type: Article

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