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- Title
AN INTERPRETIVE STUDY OF MARTHA ROGERS' CONCEPTION OF PATTERN.
- Authors
Alligood, Martha Raile; Fawcett, Jacqueline
- Abstract
In order to explore Rogers' ideas about pattern, we conducted a rational hermeneutic interpretive study of nursing science text reviewing three of Martha Rogers' (1970, 1986, 1992) publications in which she discussed pattern. We found that Rogers had consistently used the term "patterning" in reference to the observable manifestations of the person-environment field process, and that observable human patterning remains recognizable in spite of constant change. We concluded that the verb "patterning" is more useful than the noun "pattern" for application and utilization of the Science of Unitary Human Beings in contemporary nursing practice. Our findings provide continued support for the usefulness of rational hermeneutics for interpretive studies of nursing science text.
- Subjects
NURSING; HERMENEUTICS; INTERPRETATION (Philosophy); ROGER, Martha; POSITIVISM; ECOLOGY
- Publication
Visions: The Journal of Rogerian Nursing Science, 2004, Vol 12, Issue 1, p8
- ISSN
1072-4532
- Publication type
Article