The lost path to emancipatory practice: Towards a history of reflective practice in nursing

Nursing Philosophy

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 202-213

  Nelson, Sioban ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Habermas; History of ideas; Reflective practice

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; LEARNING; NURSING CARE; NURSING THEORY; PHILOSOPHY; THINKING;

HUMANS; KNOWLEDGE; LEARNING; NURSING CARE; NURSING THEORY; PHILOSOPHY, NURSING; THINKING;

EID: 84862010361     PISSN: 14667681     EISSN: 1466769X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1466-769X.2011.00535.x     Document Type: Article

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