title: Models for the next century.
abstract: The Loomis/Wood Model offers potential to influence what hangs in the balance for the future. It is a model that encompasses conceptual and ideological diversity. It is a model that encourages the use of empirical data applied within a framework of nursing's conceptual and ethical tradition. It is a model that can incorporate rapidly changing demands for more and sometimes different information. It does not prescribe; rather, it encourages contextual and situationally relevant choice on the part of the user. In my view, these are the types of features that will be critical for the next century.
authors.forename: P L
authors.initials: PL
authors.lastname: Chinn
mesh_terms: D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000639:trends*; D005544:Forecasting; D006801:Humans; D016294:Models, Nursing; D010687:Philosophy, Nursing; D014933:Women's Rights