title: A guide to discourse analysis.
abstract: How can discourse analysis inform and help develop nursing practice? With reference to her study of the discourse of nursing home residents transferring to emergency departments, Rose McCloskey explains the concepts of discourse and discourse analysis and considers how they can contribute to an expansion of nursing knowledge.
authors.affiliation: University of New Brunswick, Canada.
authors.forename: Rose
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: McCloskey
mesh_terms: D001294:Attitude to Health; D003625:Data Collection; D003627:Data Interpretation, Statistical; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D019359:Knowledge; D009735:Nursing Homes; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research / Q000458:organization & administration*; D009742:Nursing Theory; D010360:Patient Transfer; D010687:Philosophy, Nursing; D033302:Postmodernism; D011209:Power, Psychological; D011578:Psycholinguistics; D036301:Qualitative Research; D012107:Research Design; D012919:Social Behavior; D012935:Social Justice; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires