Blending critical realist and emancipatory practice development methodologies: Making critical realism work in nursing research

Nursing Inquiry

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 308-321

  Parlour, Randal ^a   McCormack, Brendan ^b,c,d  

^a HEALTH SERVICE EXECUTIVE   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH EASTERN NORWAY   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aged care; Critical research approaches; Critical theory; Evidence based practice; Practice development

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868708776     PISSN: 13207881     EISSN: 14401800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1800.2011.00577.x     Document Type: Article

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