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An integrative science approach: Value added in stress research
Author(s) -
King Shirley L.,
Hegadoren Kathy M.
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
nursing and health sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.563
H-Index - 47
eISSN - 1442-2018
pISSN - 1441-0745
DOI - 10.1111/j.1442-2018.2006.00256.x
Subject(s) - perspective (graphical) , discipline , value (mathematics) , field (mathematics) , integrative medicine , health care , psychology , interdisciplinarity , nursing science , engineering ethics , epistemology , sociology , medicine , nursing , computer science , alternative medicine , social science , political science , philosophy , mathematics , machine learning , artificial intelligence , pure mathematics , law , engineering , pathology
Integrative approaches to understanding complex health issues can transcend disciplinary and knowledge boundaries and provide opportunities to view phenomena from diverse perspectives. These broad approaches to understanding phenomena of interest to nursing might provide new directions for nursing research and be a requisite for delivering safe, responsible, and holistic nursing care. The relationship between stress and illness is a strong example of a field of study that can be understood more fully from an integrative perspective. The potential of an integrative approach to contribute to improvements in human health and well‐being outweigh historical biases that have been associated with an integrative science approach.