Routledge Handbook of Philosophy and Nursing

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<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 Handbook, 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><UL><P><LI>Philosophy and nursing, philosophy and science, nursing theory. </LI><P></P><P><LI>Nursing¿s ethical dimension is described.</LI><P></P><P><LI>Philosophic questions concerning patient care are investigated. </LI><P></P><P><LI>Socio-contextual and political concerns relevant to nursing are unpacked.</LI><P></P><P><LI>Contributors tackle difficult questions confronting nursing.</LI><P></P><P><LI>Difficulties around sp