title: Interpretation: a political and social practice.
abstract: The purpose of this article was to illustrate that interpretation is a political and social practice and to explore the conceptualization of interpretation as a political and social practice within the discipline of nursing. A critical view of language, meaning, and interpretation reveals that words are influenced by sociopolitical context and empiricism is engulfed in interpretations derived from the environment. The deliberations reveal that how we perceive our nature of being in the world affects our interpretations. In contrast, from a critical theory lens the discussion reveals that interpretation becomes a process of penetration of different contexts and of an evolutionary praxis effecting transformation.
authors.affiliation: University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. aluwihar@ualberta.ca
authors.forename: Dilmi S
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Aluwihare-Samaranayake
mesh_terms: D002983:Clinical Competence; D006801:Humans; D016294:Models, Nursing; D009726:Nurses / Q000458:organization & administration*; D009732:Nursing Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D009736:Nursing Process; D009742:Nursing Theory; D011057:Politics; D011340:Problem Solving; D009626:Terminology as Topic