title: Plato, sociology and nursing.
abstract: Although sociology plays an increasingly important role in nurse education, many nurse learners are unable to assimilate sociological knowledge in relation to nursing practice. The relevance of sociology and its contribution to nursing is questioned and its usefulness is lost in a self-imposed web of confusion. Using the allegory of Plato's cave, I suggest that the root of the problem lies in the epistemology of nursing and the manner in which the culture of nursing is reproduced. From this premise, the use of seminar learning to dismantle the web will be discussed in this paper.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Lambert
mesh_terms: D004506:Education, Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D007858:Learning; D016294:Models, Nursing; D015279:Organizational Culture; D010687:Philosophy, Nursing; D012961:Sociology / Q000193:education*