Alternatives to natural science foundations for nursing.

Abstract:

:The underlying philosophical assumptions associated with the current vogue for humanistic and holistic approaches to nursing have not been subjected to systematic scrutiny, laying nursing open to the charge of being anti-scientific and even irrational. This paper outlines some of these assumptions and their origins, and proceeds to a brief survey of their impact on nursing theory, education and practice. It concludes with a call for the elucidation and consolidation of nursing practice which reflects phenomenological and humanistic alternatives to the natural science principles which have characterized traditional medical practice. In this connection I have used the term 'positivism' to refer to a general orientation according to which the world can only be known through observable entities, and regularities may be demonstrated and general laws verified through their measurement and quantification.

journal_name

Int J Nurs Stud

authors

Holmes CA

doi

10.1016/0020-7489(90)90034-g

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1990-01-01 00:00:00

pages

187-98

issue

3

eissn

0020-7489

issn

1873-491X

pii

0020-7489(90)90034-G

journal_volume

27

pub_type

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