EPISTEMOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF THE CONCEPT OF CARE/COMFORT: THE OBJECT OF WORK AND THE OBJECT OF NURSING KNOWLEDGE

Authors

  • Carlos Lyra da Silva Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro
  • Vilma de Carvalho UFRJ
  • Nébia Maria Almeida de Figueiredo UNIRIO
  • Teresa Tonini UNIRIO

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5380/ce.v16i2.17093

Keywords:

Nursing, Epistemology, Science.

Abstract

Reflection on epistemological aspects of care and comfort as objects of knowledge in Nursing. The study emphasizes the importance of specificity of objects of knowledge in relation to coherence in epistemological thinking about nursing care and comfort. These objects appear in the space of exteriority – at the edge of – scientific knowledge and thinking. However, the care may have been wished for recently in other areas of knowledge and inserted in imaginary collectives, in the rules of logical thinking, and in discursive formations, capable of linking values and knowledge with thinking and reason in the training of nurses who care or investigate.

Author Biographies

Carlos Lyra da Silva, Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro

Enfermagem Fundamental

Vilma de Carvalho, UFRJ

Professora Emérita da UFRJ

Nébia Maria Almeida de Figueiredo, UNIRIO

Professora Titular do Departamento de Enfermagem Fundamental da Escola de Enfermagem Alfredo Pinto da Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro - UNIRIO

Teresa Tonini, UNIRIO

Professora Adjunta do Departamento de Enfermagem da Escola de Enfermagem Alfredo Pinto da Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro - UNIRIO

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Published

2011-06-30

How to Cite

Silva, C. L. da, Carvalho, V. de, Figueiredo, N. M. A. de, & Tonini, T. (2011). EPISTEMOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF THE CONCEPT OF CARE/COMFORT: THE OBJECT OF WORK AND THE OBJECT OF NURSING KNOWLEDGE. Cogitare Enfermagem, 16(2). https://doi.org/10.5380/ce.v16i2.17093

Issue

Vol. 16 No. 2 (2011)

Section

REVIEW

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