‘Philosophy Lost’: Inquiring into the effects of the corporatized university and its implications for graduate nursing education

Nursing Inquiry

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2017, Pages

  Springer, Rusla Anne ^a   Clinton, Michael Edward ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

discourse; Foucault; managerialism; nurse education; philosophy

Indexed keywords

DRAWING; ETHICS; FUNDING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTELLECTUAL FREEDOM; MENTOR; NURSING EDUCATION; POLITICS; PROFIT; RESPONSIBILITY; TEACHING; THINKING; CANADA; ECONOMICS; NURSING THEORY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PHILOSOPHY; PROCEDURES; UNIVERSITY;

CANADA; EDUCATION, NURSING, GRADUATE; FACULTY, NURSING; HUMANS; NURSING THEORY; PHILOSOPHY; THINKING; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 85017459152     PISSN: 13207881     EISSN: 14401800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/nin.12197     Document Type: Article

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