title: Middle-range theories: do they foster the development of nursing science?
authors.affiliation: University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA.
authors.forename: W K
authors.initials: WK
authors.lastname: Cody
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D019359:Knowledge; D016294:Models, Nursing; D015399:Nursing Research / Q000592:standards*; D009742:Nursing Theory; D010687:Philosophy, Nursing; D017009:Professional Autonomy; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012586:Science