Philosophical Issues in Nursing (1998)

Discussions in the major journals of nursing research and scholarship reveal that, increasingly, nurses are turning to philosophy in their efforts to provide secure theoretical foundations between philosophy and nursing. Philosophical concepts and problems essential to nursing are discussed in this book, in ways which make plain their importance to nursing practice. Issues examined include: the nature of nursing and nursing knowledge; the conceptual foundations of nursing; philosophy and the nurse curriculum; and the self in nursing.