Reformulation of a methodological concept in grounded theory.
Although the grounded theory method was not designed with nursing science in mind, it is one of the most prevalent and theory-producing qualitative methods in nursing. Changes in the grounded theory methodology have been debated in numerous articles. What has not received much attention, however, is a central idea of the grounded theory method - the basic social process. The goal here is to raise for consideration the idea that change is needed in nurse researchers' understanding of the basic social process; there is a need to reformulate this substantive concept of the grounded theory method so as to render it more congruent with nursing ontology and productive of nursing knowledge.
Reed
Pamela G
PG
College of Nursing, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, USA.
Runquist
Jennifer J
JJ
D015399:Nursing Research; D009742:Nursing Theory