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The holistic paradigm in nursing: The diffusion of an innovation

Author(s) -

Johnson Mary B.

Publication year - 1990

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.4770130209

Subject(s) - nursing , holistic health , holistic nursing , diffusion , psychology , medline , medicine , political science , law , physics , thermodynamics

Nursing today is affected by challenges to the beliefs and values underlying the delivery of health care services. Results of a bibliometric analysis of the nursing literature since 1966 revealed a process of paradigm change in which a scientific medical model is being replaced by a model based on the concept of holism. Key ideas representing a holistic paradigm of health appear with increasing frequency in the journals of the nursing field demonstrating the diffusion of a new and different perspective in the practice of nursing.

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