This Article Full Text (PDF) References Alert me when this article is cited Alert me if a correction is posted Citation Map Services Email this article to a friend Similar articles in this journal Similar articles in PubMed Alert me to new issues of the journal Add to Saved Citations Download to citation manager Request Permissions Request Reprints Add to My Marked Citations Citing Articles Citing Articles via HighWire Citing Articles via Google Scholar Citing Articles via Scopus Google Scholar Articles by Allen, D. G. Search for Related Content PubMed PubMed Citation Articles by Allen, D. G. Pubmed/NCBI databases Medline Plus Health Information Choosing a Doctor or Health Care Service Social Bookmarking                         What's this?

Hermeneutics: Philosophical Traditions and Nursing Practice Research

University of Washington, Seattle, WA

This analysis begins with the premise that nursing practice research has often ignored or suppressed the fact that nurses participate in and benefit from the same American illness care nonsystem that leaves 40 million citizens without health care. This collective denial has its historical roots in philosophic foundationalism, health care authoritarianism, and nursing's disciplinary isolation. Philosophical hermeneutics offers perspectives that emphasize the inescapability of nursing's history. This article traces some of the main themes in philosophical hermeneutics and their potential significance for nursing practice research. The relationship between hermeneutic philosophy and research methods employed in interpretive traditions (for example, grounded theory) and the role of experimental design in addressing hermeneutic questions are discussed.

Key Words: Foundationalism • Hermeneutics • Nursing Practice Research

Nursing Science Quarterly, Vol. 8, No. 4, 174-182 (1995)
DOI: 10.1177/089431849500800408


CiteULike    Complore    Connotea    Del.icio.us    Digg    Reddit    Technorati    Twitter    What's this?

This article has been cited by other articles:

				R. Bhuyan The Production of the "Battered Immigrant" in Public Policy and Domestic Violence Advocacy J Interpers Violence, February 1, 2008; 23(2): 153 - 170. [Abstract] [PDF]

				K. Zengerle-Levy The Inextricable Link in Caring for Families of Critically Burned Children Qual Health Res, January 1, 2006; 16(1): 5 - 26. [Abstract] [PDF]

				N. Nehls and J. Sallmann Women Living With a History of Physical and/or Sexual Abuse, Substance Use, and Mental Health Problems Qual Health Res, March 1, 2005; 15(3): 365 - 381. [Abstract] [PDF]

				R. Spirig In Invisibility and Isolation: The Experience of HIV-Affected Families in German-Speaking Switzerland Qual Health Res, December 1, 2002; 12(10): 1323 - 1337. [Abstract] [PDF]

				S. O. Schoenhofer Philosophical Underpinnings of an Emergent Methodology for Nursing as Caring Inquiry Nurs Sci Q, October 1, 2002; 15(4): 275 - 280. [Abstract] [PDF]

				B. V. Wise In their Own Words: The Lived Experience of Pediatric Liver Transplantation Qual Health Res, January 1, 2002; 12(1): 74 - 90. [Abstract] [PDF]

				M. K. Maeve Waiting to be Caught: The Devolution of Health for Women Newly Released from Jail Criminal Justice Review, September 1, 2001; 26(2): 143 - 169. [Abstract] [PDF]

				N. Nehls What is a Case Manager? The Perspective of Persons with Borderline Personality Disorder Journal of the American Psychiatric Nurses Association, February 1, 2001; 7(1): 4 - 12. [Abstract] [PDF]

				M. R. Alligood and B. A. May A Nursing Theory of Personal System Empathy: Interpreting a Conceptualization of Empathy in King's Interacting Systems Nurs Sci Q, July 1, 2000; 13(3): 243 - 247. [Abstract] [PDF]