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Social Theory and Nursing Practice

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  • © 1998

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Authors:
  1. Sam Porter
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  • Launches an exciting new series 
    Explores sociological concepts in such a way as to demonstrate direct link with nursing practice.

Part of the book series: Sociology and Nursing Practice (SNP)

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. Introduction

    1. Introduction

      • Sam Porter
      Pages 1-7

  3. Getting to the roots

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 9-10
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    2. Structural functionalism and role theory

      • Sam Porter
      Pages 11-33

    3. Marxism and the political economy of health

      • Sam Porter
      Pages 34-57

    4. Weber and professional closure

      • Sam Porter
      Pages 58-82

  4. Getting to the action

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 83-84
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    2. Symbolic interactionism, labelling and stigma

      • Sam Porter
      Pages 85-104

    3. Phenomenology and ethnomethodology

      • Sam Porter
      Pages 105-124

  5. Bringing it all together

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 125-128
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    2. Critical theory and communicative action

      • Sam Porter
      Pages 129-153

    3. Structuration theory and critical realism

      • Sam Porter
      Pages 154-178

  6. Taking it all apart

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 179-180
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    2. Feminisms, caring and women’s knowledge

      • Sam Porter
      Pages 181-203

    3. Postmodernism and Foucault

      • Sam Porter
      Pages 204-226

    4. Afterword

      • Sam Porter
      Pages 227-229

  7. Back Matter

    Pages 230-244
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About this book

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.

About the author

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

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Social Theory and Nursing Practice

  • Authors: Sam Porter

  • Series Title: Sociology and Nursing Practice

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-14441-9

  • Publisher: Red Globe Press London

  • eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Macmillan Publishers Limited 1998

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XII, 256

  • Additional Information: Previously published under the imprint Palgrave

  • Topics: Nursing

  • Industry Sectors: Biotechnology, Health & Hospitals, Pharma

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