Includes bibliographical references (p. 302-304) and index.

Human needs and nursing theory / Jacqueline Fortin -- Adaptation as a basic conceptual focus in nursing theories / Donna Schwartz-Barcott -- The concept of self-care / Ingrid Kollak -- The concept of interaction in theory and practice / Susanne Wied -- The concept of need in nursing theory / Penny Powers -- The concept of holism / Hesook Suzie Kim -- Systems theory and nursing theories / Heiko Kleve -- Existentialism and phenomenology in nursing theories / Hesook Suzie Kim -- Humanism in nursing theory: a focus on caring / May Solveig Fagermoen -- Pragmatism, nursing, and nursing knowledge development / Hesook Suzie Kim and Bjèorn Sjèorstrèom -- Biography and biographical work: an approach for nursing / Barbara Schulte-Steinicke -- Evidence-based nursing for practice and science / Martina Hasseler -- Transculturality and nursing / Birgit Rommelspacher -- Illness as risk: on the genesis and functioning of therapeutic deinstitutionalization / Friedrich Balke -- Postscript / Ingrid Kollak and Susanne Wied.

"This book is written for advanced nursing students. The second edition of Nursing theories explores the conceptual and philosophical foundations of selected major nursing theories. The book is not a survey or evaluation of nursing theories, but is designed to assist students in understanding the core philosophical concepts behind nursing theories and how they can be applied to current nursing practice. New to this second edition: Essays warranted by developments in the science and research of nursing. Three chapters addressing: pragmatism, evidence-based nursing, biography. Newly authored chapters on systems and transcultural thoughts reflecting current thinking and new directions. Completely rewritten chapters on interaction and self-care to incorporate current debates"--Provided by the publisher.

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