Social Theory and Nursing Practice

ISBN-13: 9780333691977 / Angielski / Miękka / 1998 / 256 str.

Sam Porter

Opis

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.

Spis treści

Introduction.- PART 1: GETTING TO THE ROOTS.- Structural Functionalism and Role Theory.- Marxism and the Political Economy of Health.- Weber and Professional Closure.- PART 2: GETTING TO THE ACTION.- Symbolic Interactionism, Labelling and Stigma.- Phenomenology and Ethnomethodology.- PART 3: BRINGING IT ALL TOGETHER.- Critical Theory and Communicative Action.- Structuration Theory and Critical Realism.- PART 4: TAKING IT ALL APART.- Feminisms, Caring and Women's Knowledge.- Postmodernism and Foucault.

O autorze

SAM PORTER is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Sociology and Social Policy at The Queen's University Belfast.