Meleis, Afaf Ibrahim. <br/><br/>
Theoretical nursing :  development and progress / 
Afaf Ibrahim Meleis. 
 - 3rd ed. 
 - Philadelphia :  Lippincott,  1997. 
 - xviii, 665 p. :  ill. ;  25 cm. 
<br/><br/> Includes indexes. 
<br/><br/>Contents : Introduction -- Theory: who need it..... what is it ? -- On the way to theoretical nursing : stage and milestone -- From can't kant: the fantastic voyage -- Toward the development of the discipline of nursing epistemological issues -- Nursing perceptive -- The domain of nursing knowledge -- Bedpans and spinoza: source,resource,and paradoxes -- Patterns of knowing: the syntax of the discipline -- Hypatia,hatshepsut,and nurses as scholars -- Nursing theory : an elusive mirage or a mirror of reality -- Strategy for concept development -- Strategies for theory development -- A model for evaluation of theories : description,analysis,critique,testing ,and support -- Our pioneer: the theorists and theories -- On human being-environment interaction -- On interactions -- On nursing therapeutics -- Theoretical thinking and practical wisdom challenges for the future -- Our theoretical literature -- Meta-theory and theory bibliography.      
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0397552599  
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>96036612  
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Nursing--Philosophy.<br/>Nursing Theory.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>RT84.5.M45  
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>610.73/01 
<br/><br/><label>National Library of Medicine Call No.: </label>WY 86 M519t 1997