Nursing as a Therapeutic Activity : An Ethnography (Paperback)

1. Introduction to Study. 2. The Concept of Nursing as Therapy. 3. Selecting a Methodology: Rationale for the Method. 4. Method: Ethnography in Clinical Situations and Rigour of the Study. 4a. Settings for the Study. 5. Introduction to Core Concepts and Their Interrelations. 6. Presentation of the Nurse: II ? Presence of the Nurse. 7. Core Categories: Relating to the Patient and Specific Actions of the Nurse. 8. The Effect of Nursing on Patient Outcome: an Interpretive Perspective. 9. The Core Story: the Core Concepts and Their Interrelationships. 10. Conclusions and Implications: Developing an Understanding of the Therapeutic Significance of Nursing.