title: The necessity for and evolution of multiple paradigms for nursing research: a poststructuralist perspective.
abstract: Viewing a phenomenon from a point beyond its boundaries permits a clearer understanding of it. The evolution of two paradigms, or world views, for nursing research--logical positivism and phenomenology/hermeneutics--is viewed by the author from a perspective beyond either paradigm. That perspective is poststructuralism, a philosophy developed to transcend the limitations of traditional philosophy and to encourage unique thought to develop. Using the ideas of Foucault, a poststructuralist philosopher, the author discusses power/knowledge and discipline as a backdrop for nursing's significant and growing acceptance of multiple paradigms for the conduct of research.
authors.affiliation: Department of Life Span Process, College of Nursing, Ohio State University, Columbus.
authors.forename: L C
authors.initials: LC
authors.lastname: Dzurec
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008016:Life Change Events; D015399:Nursing Research; D010684:Philosophy; D011209:Power, Psychological; D012107:Research Design; D012926:Social Control, Formal; D012927:Social Control, Informal