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

• Pubblicazione: New York : , : Springer Pub., , 2008
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xx, 236 pages)
• Disciplina: 610.73
• Soggetto topico: Nursing - Historiography; Nursing - Research - Methodology
• Altri autori: LewensonSandra HerrmannEleanor Krohn
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Capturing nursing history
• ISBN: 1-78268-166-3; 1-281-13320-5; 9786611133207; 0-8261-1565-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910782469703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II