title: [Quantitative and qualitative nursing research].
abstract: The aim of this article is to open a discussion on Nursing research methods. Authors give some thoughts on qualitative nursing research and underlining the difference between positivistic and teleological vision. Relationship between inductive and deductive thinking is discussed.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Scienze Infermieristiche Università di Tampere, Finlandia.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Nieminen
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sansoni
mesh_terms: D015984:Causality; D006801:Humans; D016294:Models, Nursing; D015399:Nursing Research / Q000379:methods*; D010687:Philosophy, Nursing; D012107:Research Design