Journal article
The utility of human sciences in nursing inquiry.
Abstract
AIM: This paper targets novice nurse researchers to highlight how the perspectives of human sciences are useful in understanding people's experiences.
BACKGROUND: There is a need to address the utility of human sciences or the humanistic philosophy that values the understanding of subjective experiences in nursing, given that the mainstream development of nursing knowledge is still influenced by the positivist and post-positivist research …
Authors
Pratt M
Journal
Nurse Researcher, Vol. 19, No. 3, pp. 12–15
Publisher
RCN Publishing
Publication Date
April 20, 2012
DOI
10.7748/nr2012.04.19.3.12.c9053
ISSN
1351-5578