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Feminist research: its relevance to nursing
Author(s) -
Sigsworth Janice
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
journal of advanced nursing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.948
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 1365-2648
pISSN - 0309-2402
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2648.1995.tb02640.x
Subject(s) - feminist philosophy , relevance (law) , feminism , context (archaeology) , sociology , epistemology , nursing research , focus (optics) , feminist theory , engineering ethics , gender studies , nursing , medicine , political science , philosophy , paleontology , physics , optics , law , biology , engineering
It is the author's intention to explore feminist research and discover its relevance to nursing practice In order to achieve this, definitions of feminism and feminist research will be made From these it will be possible to place the feminist research process within a historical context to further understand its focus Then an analysis of feminist research will be made, examining feminist epistemology, feminist methodology and the methods used by feminist researchers At this point an examination of who should or can do feminist research will be made, followed by a discussion about the validity of feminist research