Social theory and nursing practice / Sam Porter.
By: Porter, Sam
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BookSeries: Sociology and nursing practice series.Publisher: Basingstoke : Macmillan, 1998Description: xii, 244 p. ; 22 cm. + pbk.ISBN: 0333691970.Subject(s): Nursing | Nursing -- Social aspects | Education, NursingDDC classification: 610.7301 | Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Barcode | |
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| General lending | MTU Bishopstown Library Lending | 610.7301 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00085720 | |
| General lending | MTU Bishopstown Library Lending | 610.7301 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00085721 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
This volume launches an exciting new series which explores the relationship between sociological principles and nursing practice. It introduces the nurse to social theory, and examines its importance in the development of nursing's own theoretical base. The relevance of theory to what is essentially a practical discipline is amply demonstrated.
This book and its followers will be essential reading for students at both pre-registration and post-registration levels. Many practitioners will also find much to stimulate them.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 230-239) and indexes.
Introduction -- Part I Getting to the roots: Structural functionalism and role theory -- Marxism and the political economy of health -- Weber and professional closure -- Part II Getting to the action: Symbolic interactionism, labelling and stigma -- Phenomenology and ethnomethodology -- Part III Bringing it all together: Critical theory and communicative action -- Structuration theory and critical realism -- Part IV Taking it all apart: Feminisms, caring and women's knowledge -- Postmodernism and foucault.