Commentary on Finfgeld-Connett D (2008) Meta-synthesis of caring in nursing. Journal of Clinical Nursing 17, 196-204

Citation

Paley J (2008) Commentary on Finfgeld-Connett D (2008) Meta-synthesis of caring in nursing. Journal of Clinical Nursing 17, 196-204. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 17 (12), pp. 1668-1669. http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=hch&AN=32000609&site=ehost-live; https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2702.2007.02026.x

Abstract
The article presents the author's comment on the article "Meta-synthesis of caring in nursing," by D. Finfgeld-Connett. The author says that Finfgeld-Connett's paper is the most recent twist in the spiral, another indicator of the stranglehold that the knowledge- as-list-of-descriptions theory has on nursing. He comments that knowledge of caring is basically a list of things said about caring by nurses and patients usually recorded in qualitative studies, together.

Keywords
care; CARE of the sick; Caring; commentary; Comments; Editorial; EDITORIALS; email; Information; knowledge; medical; MEDICAL care; NUMBER; Nurses; Nursing; patient; Patients; qualitative; Qualitative research; Qualitative Studies; Research; Theories; THEORY

Journal
Journal of Clinical Nursing: Volume 17, Issue 12