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The notion of a practice theory and the relationship of scientific and ethical knowledge to practice
Author(s) -
Beckstrand Jan
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
research in nursing and health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.836
H-Index - 85
eISSN - 1098-240X
pISSN - 0160-6891
DOI - 10.1002/nur.4770010306
Subject(s) - nursing practice , engineering ethics , sociology of scientific knowledge , epistemology , practice theory , nursing ethics , psychology , sociology , medicine , nursing , philosophy , engineering
By examining the relationship of scientific and ethical knowledge to practice, it can be shown that much of the knowledge required for practice is the knowledge of science and ethics. This brings the notion of the need for a practice theory in nursing into serious question since unique knowledge beyond that of science and ethics must be shown to be required in practice.