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47An overview of structuration theory and its usefulness for nursing researchNursing Philosophy 6 (4): 223-234. 2005.Anthony Giddens’ theory of structuration is a theory of social action, which claims that society should be understood in terms of action and structure; a duality rather than two separate entities. This paper introduces some of the central characteristics of structuration theory, presenting a conceptual framework that helps to explore how people produce the systems and structures that shape their practice. By understanding how people produce and reproduce structures, then there is the potential f…Read more
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3Schizophrenia and the ‘disquieting’ consequences of social poetics: a response to Aldridge and StevensonNursing Inquiry 8 (1): 28-29. 2001.
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13Newton's cradle: a metaphor to consider the flexibility, resistance and direction of nursing's futureNursing Inquiry 21 (2): 130-139. 2014.Nursing faces an uncertain future as technological developments, structural changes within health systems and rapidly evolving health needs create new and challenging possibilities. This article draws on the results of a qualitative study undertaken with a range of Queensland nurse leaders to explore their perceptions of these changes. The study re‐surfaced, and allows for a re‐examination of, four issues that have long created tension within nursing and which continue to have a negative impact …Read more
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57Loss, healing, and the power of placeHuman Studies 23 (1): 63-78. 2000.Human beings have a tendency to transform geographical spaces into dwelling places which assume significance in terms of their social, cultural and personal identities. The authors describe the ways in which this occurs, how it is disrupted by a natural disaster - an Australian bushfire - and how the reciprocal relationship between place and person can contribute to personal and communal healing. The discussion draws on a doctoral thesis conducted by the principal author, and is illuminated by e…Read more
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14Nursing as normative praxisNursing Inquiry 7 (3): 175-181. 2000.Nursing as normative praxisThe purpose of this paper is twofold. First, it introduces a variety of concepts of ‘praxis’, and argues in support of those which reflect the normative dimension of the critical social perspective. This begins with the Aristotelian concept, and moves through a variety of sources, including Hannah Arendt and Paulo Freire, but focuses primarily, and uniquely in the nursing literature, upon the work of the Yugoslavian ‘praxis Marxists’. Second, specific ways of conceivin…Read more
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11Academics and practitioners: nurses as intellectualsNursing Inquiry 9 (2): 73-83. 2002.Academics and practitioners: nurses as intellectuals In the author's experience, nurse educators working in universities generally accept that they are ‘academics’, but dismiss suggestions that they are ‘intellectuals’ because they see it as a pretentious description referring to a small number of academics and aesthetes who inhabit a conceptual world beyond the imaginative capacity of most other people. This paper suggests that the concept of the ‘intellectual’, if not the word itself, be admit…Read more
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12Postdisciplinarity in mental health‐care: an Australian viewpointNursing Inquiry 8 (4): 230-239. 2001.Postdisciplinarity in mental health‐care: an Australian viewpointThis paper outlines some of the powerful forces progressively undermining the conceptual and practical foundations upon which the major disciplines have been established, and dissolving the boundaries which have traditionally distinguished them from each other, particularly those disciplines involved in the healthcare enterprise. It discusses some of the implications of these processes for mental health nursing, and champions a new…Read more
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Areas of Interest
Normative Ethics |
Philosophy of Law |