[Psychoanalysis: a research method based on clinical practice: contributions to nursing].
Nursing, in its different fields of practice, is essentially characterized as a clinical practice. In this context, psychoanalysis can make important contributions. This article discusses some basic psychoanalytical concepts and assumptions, proposes psychoanalysis as a research method, and stresses its contributions for nursing. Essential Freudian concepts are identified, as well as the path to be followed by the researcher. As a research method, psychoanalysis can be used as a framework for the studu of human behavior based on unconscious mental processes. In several knowledge areas.
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Teresa Cristina
TC
Departamento de Enfermagem Aplicada da Escola de Enfermagem da UFMG, Minas Gerais, Brasil. teresac@ufmg.br
Kirschbaum
Débora Isane Ratner
DI
D015399:Nursing Research / Q000379:methods*; D011572:Psychoanalysis