Routledge Handbook of Philosophy and Nursing

<p>Philosophy offers a means of unpacking and grappling with important questions and issues relevant to nursing practice research scholarship and education. By engaging in these discussions this <i>Handbook</i> provides a gateway to new understandings of nursing.</p><p>The <em>Handbook</em> which is split loosely into seven sections begins with a foundational chapter exploring philosophy’s relationship to and with nursing and nursing theory. Subsequent sections thereafter examine a wide range of philosophic issues relevant to nursing knowledge and activity.</p><ul> <li>Philosophy and nursing philosophy and science nursing theory</li> <li>Nursing’s ethical dimension is described</li> <li>Philosophic questions concerning patient care are investigated</li> <li>Socio-contextual and political concerns relevant to nursing are unpacked</li> <li>Contributors tackle difficult questions confronting nursing</li> <li>Difficulties around speech courage and race/otherness are discussed</li> <li>Philosophic questions pertaining to scholarship research and technology are addressed</li> </ul><p>International in scope this volume provides a vital reference for all those interested in thinking about nursing whether students practitioners researchers or educators.</p>