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Record Nr.

UNINA9910823764703321

Titolo

Capturing nursing history : a guide to historical methods in research / / Sandra B. Lewenson, Eleanor Krohn Herrmann, editors

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Springer Pub., c2008

ISBN

1-78268-166-3

1-281-13320-5

9786611133207

0-8261-1565-9

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xx, 236 pages)

Altri autori (Persone)

LewensonSandra

HerrmannEleanor Krohn

Disciplina

610.73

Soggetti

Nursing - Historiography

Nursing - Research - Methodology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"Artifacts: additional resources": p. 199-200.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Contributors; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; ONE: Why Do Historical Research?; TWO: Conceptual and Methodological Issues in Historical Research; THREE: Doing Historical Research; FOUR: Using Frameworks in Historical Research; FIVE: Critical Issues in the Use of Biographic Methods in Nursing History; SIX: Oral History Research; SEVEN: Reflections on Researcher Subjectivity and Identity in Nursing History; EIGHT: Historical Research in Developing Countries; NINE: Working With Primary Sources: An Overview; TEN: "The Truth About the Past?" The Art of Working With Archival Materials

ELEVEN: About Artifacts; TWELVE: Ethical Guidelines and Standards of Professional Conduct; THIRTEEN: Using Ethical Guidelines and Standards of Professional Conduct; FOURTEEN: Funding for Historical Research; Appendix 1: Artifacts: Additional Resources; Appendix 2: Nursing History Centers, Museums, and Archives; Appendix 3: Nursing History Internet Sites; Index

Sommario/riassunto

While research texts abound in the nursing literature and nursing history fields, there has been no hands-on text for describing the



process of doing historical research. This book, written by well known and respected nurse historians, will provide the necessary direction, guidance, and examples needed to conduct historical research. Features of this edition: Provides direction and tools for conducting historical research Describes types of research including biographic and oral histories Covers frameworks used to study historical events, such as social, political, feminist, intellectual, a