Reformulation of a methodological concept in grounded theory. Nurs Sci Q 2007 Apr;20(2):118-22
Date
04/20/2007Pubmed ID
17442859DOI
10.1177/0894318407299886Scopus ID
2-s2.0-34249016650 (requires institutional sign-in at Scopus site) 9 CitationsAbstract
Although the grounded theory method was not designed with nursing science in mind, it is one of the most prevalent and theory-producing qualitative methods in nursing. Changes in the grounded theory methodology have been debated in numerous articles. What has not received much attention, however, is a central idea of the grounded theory method - the basic social process. The goal here is to raise for consideration the idea that change is needed in nurse researchers' understanding of the basic social process; there is a need to reformulate this substantive concept of the grounded theory method so as to render it more congruent with nursing ontology and productive of nursing knowledge.
Author List
Reed PG, Runquist JJAuthor
Jennifer Doering PhD Associate Professor in the Nursing department at University of Wisconsin - MilwaukeeMESH terms used to index this publication - Major topics in bold
Nursing ResearchNursing Theory
