Books by IPONS members

Nursing Ethics and Professional Responsibility, by Pamela Grace
Nursing Ethics and Professional Responsibility in Advanced Practice, Third Edition focuses on the historical background, knowledge and leadership skills necessary to improve the quality of health for both individuals and society.

Social Theory and Nursing, ed Martin Lipscomb
The book draws on a wide range of perspectives – philosophical, theoretical, empirical and political – to offer a robust and wide-ranging critique and analysis. Social Theory and Nursing is essential reading for nursing researchers, academics and educators, as well as scholars and researchers in medical sociology, medicine and allied health.

Phenomenology as Qualitative Research, by John Paley
This book evaluates the methods used in phenomenology-as-qualitative-research, and formulates a more fully theorised alternative. It will appeal to researchers and students in the areas of health, nursing, psychology, education, public health, sociology, anthropology, political science, philosophy and logic.
Book reviews
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Phenomenology as Qualitative research, by John Paley
This book evaluates the methods used in phenomenology-as-qualitative-research, and formulates a more fully theorised alternative. It will appeal to researchers and students in the areas of health, nursing, psychology, education, public health, sociology, anthropology, political science, philosophy and logic.
Review by Amedeo Giorgi
Review by Martin Lipscomb
Review by Max van Manen

Exploring Evidence-Based Practice, ed Martin Lipscomb
Exploring Evidence-based Practice: Debates and Challenges in Nursing should be considered essential reading for academics and postgraduate students with an interest in evidence-based practice and nursing research.
Review by Pamela Grace

Theories Guiding Nursing Research and Practice, ed Joyce Fitzpatrick & Geraldine McCarthy
This is the first book to clearly and fully demonstrate the process of using theory to guide nursing research and professional practice. It describes a step-by-step format for evaluating nursing theory’s applicability to research.
Review by Brigitte S Cypress