[Nursing research and positivism].
The authors discuss positivism foundations; the most remarkable influences to comtian's philosophy structuration; how Comte's ideas, as doctrine in so far as method, dominate society's thoughts, passing beyond XIX century and reaching XX century; and how the positivist doctrine and empirical method influenced Nursing conceptions about science and about human being/environment/disease.
de Almeida
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de Oliveira
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Garcia
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D001938:Brazil; D049670:History, 17th Century; D049671:History, 18th Century; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D009656:North America; D015399:Nursing Research / Q000266:history*; D010684:Philosophy / Q000266:history*; D010687:Philosophy, Nursing / Q000266:history*
Pesquisa em enfermagem e o positivismo.