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The concept of cogitation
1Department of Nursing, Gothenburg College of Health and Caring Sciences, University of Gothenburg, Sweden.
Journal of Advanced Nursing
|February 1, 1995
Abstract:
The purpose of this paper is to define the concept of cogitation in order to promote theoretical clarity in research focusing on elderly nursing home patients. A concept analysis was undertaken, using the method described by Schwartz-Barcott & Kim (1986). After extensive dictionary searches, reviews of literature and a fieldwork phase, tentative criteria and a preliminary definition of the concept of cogitation were formulated, antecedents and consequences were defined, and demonstration cases presented.