000337181 000__ 01981cam\a22002894a\4500 000337181 001__ 337181 000337181 005__ 20210513122845.0 000337181 008__ 060328s2007\\\\paua\\\\\b\\\\001\0\eng\\ 000337181 010__ $$a 2006010334 000337181 020__ $$a9780781736732 (alk. paper) 000337181 020__ $$a0781736730 (alk. paper) 000337181 035__ $$a(OCoLC)ocm65361315 000337181 040__ $$aDNLM/DLC$$cDLC$$dNLM$$dBAKER$$dC#P$$dIG#$$dBTCTA$$dYDXCP$$dLVB$$dNLGGC$$dUWC 000337181 042__ $$apcc 000337181 049__ $$aISEA 000337181 05000 $$aRT84.5$$b.M45 2007 000337181 08200 $$a610.7301$$222 000337181 1001_ $$aMeleis, Afaf Ibrahim. 000337181 24510 $$aTheoretical nursing :$$bdevelopment and progress /$$cAfaf Ibrahim Meleis. 000337181 250__ $$a4th ed. 000337181 260__ $$aPhiladelphia :$$bLippincott Williams & Wilkins,$$cc2007. 000337181 300__ $$axix, 807 p. :$$bill. ;$$c24 cm. 000337181 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references and indexes. 000337181 5050_ $$aPositioning for the journey -- On being and becoming a scholar -- Theory: metaphors, symbols, definitions -- From can't to Kant: barriers and forces toward theoretical thinking -- On the way to theoretical nursing: stages and milestones -- Nursing theory: mirror, microscope, or telescope -- Theory development: sources, resources, and paradoxes -- Strategies for concept development -- Strategies for theory development -- Developing middle range and situation-specific theories: exemplars -- A model for evaluation of theories: description, analysis, critique, testing, and support -- On nursing clients -- On interactions -- On human being-environment interactions -- On nursing therapeutics -- The discipline of nursing: a perspective, a domain, and definitions -- Our syntax: an epistemological analysis -- Development and progress: theories and challenges -- Historical writings in theory -- Historical and current theory bibliography. 000337181 650_0 $$aNursing$$xPhilosophy. 000337181 85200 $$bgen$$hRT84.5$$i.M45$$i2007 000337181 85641 $$3Table of contents$$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0611/2006010334.html 000337181 85642 $$3Publisher description$$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0712/2006010334-d.html 000337181 909CO $$ooai:library.usi.edu:337181$$pGLOBAL_SET 000337181 980__ $$aBIB 000337181 980__ $$aBOOK