Theory development and the logic of discovery.

The aim of this article is to discuss the importance of theory development within caring science and whether abduction, as a distinctive type of inference, can contribute to this. We need to understand the role of theory in our discipline, the strategies used to develop it, the criteria used to crit...

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Publicado en:International Journal for Human Caring Vol. 14; no. 3; pp. 36 - 43
Autor principal: Råholm M
Formato: tables/charts Journal Article
Publicado: Springer Publishing Company, Inc. 2010
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          Nursing Care
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