Nursing theories: conceptual & philosophical foundations

Human needs and nursing theory / Jacqueline Fortin

Adaptation as a basic conceptual focus in nursing theories / Donna Schwartz-Barcott

The concept of self-care / Ingrid Kollak

The concept of interaction in theory and practice / Susanne Wied

The concept of need in nursing theory / Penny Powers

The concept of holism / Hesook Suzie Kim

Systems theory and nursing theories / Heiko Kleve

Existentialism and phenomenology in nursing theories / Hesook Suzie Kim

Humanism in nursing theory: a focus on caring / May Solveig Fagermoen

Pragmatism, nursing, and nursing knowledge development / Hesook Suzie Kim and Björn Sjörström

Biography and biographical work: an approach for nursing / Barbara Schulte-Steinicke

Evidence-based nursing for practice and science / Martina Hasseler

Transculturality and nursing / Birgit Rommelspacher

Illness as risk: on the genesis and functioning of therapeutic deinstitutionalization / Friedrich Balke

Postscript / Ingrid Kollak and Susanne Wied.