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[Postmodernism and the issue of nursing]
1Department of Nursing, College of Medicine, Chosun University, Dong-gu, Kwangju, Korea. bhgong@mail.chosun.ac.kr
Taehan Kanho Hakhoe Chi
|August 18, 2004
Summary
Postmodernism has reshaped nursing science by challenging modernism and promoting diverse paradigms. This shift reveals hidden nursing values, emphasizing interpersonal relationships for caring-healing practices.
Area of Science:
- Nursing Science
- Philosophy of Science
Context:
- The influence of postmodernism on contemporary nursing theory and research.
- Examining the philosophical underpinnings of postmodernism in healthcare.
Purpose:
- To illustrate the impact of postmodernism on nursing science.
- To evaluate the significance of the postmodern perspective for 21st-century nursing.
Summary:
- Postmodernism, drawing on Derrida and Foucault, deconstructs modern nursing's positivism and medical-cure focus.
- It reinterprets nursing through a power/knowledge lens, revealing diverse paradigms and challenging unitary meta-paradigms.
- This perspective fosters pluralism in nursing theory and research.
Impact:
- Uncovers diverse nursing values previously obscured by Western modern nursing.
- Highlights the creation of nursing knowledge through interpersonal relationships.
- Enhances practical applications in caring-healing situations.