TY - JOUR
T1 - Combining Stories and Numbers
T2 - A Methodologic Approach for a Critical Nursing Science
AU - Berman, Helene
AU - Ford-Gilboe, Marilyn
AU - Campbell, Jacquelyn C.
PY - 1998/9
Y1 - 1998/9
N2 - The critical paradigm is increasingly being recognized as an appropriate perspective for the development of nursing knowledge. While different research approaches including feminist, neo-Marxist, and participatory research have been described, all share the goals of empowerment, emancipation, and change. As a relatively new world-view for nursing, the concept of a critical nursing science faces much the same resistance as the interpretive paradigm did a decade ago. This article reviews the aims and assumptions of the critical paradigm; discusses the merits of combining stories and numbers for the agenda of change; and, using examples from our research, describes three strategies for combining stories and numbers in the critical paradigm.
AB - The critical paradigm is increasingly being recognized as an appropriate perspective for the development of nursing knowledge. While different research approaches including feminist, neo-Marxist, and participatory research have been described, all share the goals of empowerment, emancipation, and change. As a relatively new world-view for nursing, the concept of a critical nursing science faces much the same resistance as the interpretive paradigm did a decade ago. This article reviews the aims and assumptions of the critical paradigm; discusses the merits of combining stories and numbers for the agenda of change; and, using examples from our research, describes three strategies for combining stories and numbers in the critical paradigm.
KW - Critical nursing science
KW - Critical paradigm
KW - Methodology
KW - Methods
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U2 - 10.1097/00012272-199809000-00002
DO - 10.1097/00012272-199809000-00002
M3 - Article
C2 - 9730403
AN - SCOPUS:0032160502
SN - 0161-9268
VL - 21
SP - 1
EP - 15
JO - Advances in Nursing Science
JF - Advances in Nursing Science
IS - 1
ER -