title: The use of Hegelian dialectics in nursing science.
abstract: The aim of this column is to describe dialectics as a philosophy and method which can be used by nurses to make a contribution to nursing science. Dialectics can be used in three ways: as a philosophical approach, as a method using the dialectic laws, and as a method of describing the dialectic process by focusing on the dynamic elements of the process. Dialectics can also be combined with hermeneutics.
authors.affiliation: Buskerud University College, Drammen, Norway.
authors.forename: Lisbeth
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Fagerström
authors.forename: Ingegerd
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Bergbom
mesh_terms: D005610:Freedom; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D006808:Humanism / Q000266:history; D006801:Humans; D019359:Knowledge; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research / Q000266:history*; D009742:Nursing Theory; D010687:Philosophy, Nursing / Q000266:history*; D033302:Postmodernism / Q000266:history; D036301:Qualitative Research; D012107:Research Design; D012586:Science / Q000266:history