A concept analysis of abductive reasoning

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 70, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1980-1994

  Mirza, Noeman A ^a   Akhtar Danesh, Noori ^a   Noesgaard, Charlotte ^a   Martin, Lynn ^a   Staples, Eric ^b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Abduction; Abductive reasoning; Clinical reasoning; Concept analysis; Hypothesis generation; Hypothetico deductive method; Problem based learning; Ways of knowing

Indexed keywords

CONCEPT FORMATION; HUMAN; NURSING; THINKING;

CONCEPT FORMATION; HUMANS; NURSING; THINKING;

EID: 84905733068     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jan.12379     Document Type: Article

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