title: [The questions. The difficult academic and professional balance in "pre-European" Spain. (I)].
abstract: The supposition that the body of knowledge transmitted by academics adequately prepares students for the demands of daily practice must be revised. The technical nature of academic knowledge and its supposed scientific basis provide an abstract and normative body of knowledge which is only useful as a means to solve patients' problems in a few very concrete moments in professional practice since this profession is unstable, uncertain, complex and saturated with value options.
authors.affiliation: Facultad de Pedagogía. Universidad de Barcelona. josep.lluis.medina@ub.edu
authors.forename: José Luis Medina
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Moya
mesh_terms: D004506:Education, Nursing / Q000592:standards*; D005062:European Union; D009729:Nursing / Q000592:standards*; D013030:Spain