title: Rosemary Ellis' views on the substantive structure of nursing.
abstract: According to the late Rosemary Ellis, the most pressing priority of nursing scholars is to explicate the substantive structure of our discipline. Drawing largely from her unpublished work, this paper summarizes the views of Ellis on the nature of nursing's substantive structure and raises implications for the development of nursing theory.
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 48109-0482.
authors.forename: D L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Algase
authors.forename: A F
authors.initials: AF
authors.lastname: Whall
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008037:Linguistics; D015399:Nursing Research / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards*; D009742:Nursing Theory; D010687:Philosophy, Nursing; D011364:Professional Practice / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000592:standards*; D012718:Set, Psychology