Names: Walker, Lorraine Olszewski, author.| Avant, Kay Coalson, author. Title: Strategies for
theory construction in nursing/Lorraine Olszewski Walker, RN, EdD, MPH, FAAN, The …

Abstract 'New'nursing ideology has promoted the concept of 'intimacy'between the nurse
and the patient as a realistic concept. This paper examines intimacy from a sociological …

The relationship between nursing and sociology has been extensively debated for more
than two decades [Cox, CA, 1979. Who cares? Nursing and sociology: the development of a …

Aims. To identify and describe palliative patients' perception of factors within the interaction
with the community palliative care nurse that enhance feelings of health and well‐being, and …

Modes of rationality in nursing documentation: biology, biography, and the 'voice of
nursing'This article is based on a discourse analysis of the complete nursing records of 45 …

Aim. This paper reports on a study exploring the experiences of nurses undertaking distance
education (DE) programmes. Background. While DE has many advantages in terms of the …

In this article, a critique of cancer nursing literature on the issue of sexuality is presented,
with particular reference to literature on cancers common to women. The paper begins with …

This paper will present the findings of a qualitative study exploring the perceptions of
students confronted by a requirement to learn sociology within a nursing curriculum. Those …

Books reviewed in this article: Appleton, JV and Cowley, S.(eds) The Search for Health
Needs. Davies, C. and Beach, A. Interpreting Professional Self-Regulation: a History of the …

Background: There have been a wide range of practice fields in nursing research, including
education; however, the quality of research in these disciplines has often failed to provide a …