Nursing theorists and their work / [edited by] Martha Raile Alligood, PhD, RN, ANEF, Professor Emeritus, College of Nursing, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction to nursing theory: its history and significance -- Nursing theorists of historical significance -- History of nursing science -- Theory development process -- The structure and analysis of specialized nursing knowledge -- Florence Nightingale: modern nursing -- Jean Watson: Watson's philosophy and theory of transpersonal caring -- Marilyn Anne Ray: theory of bureaucratic caring -- Patricia Benner: caring, clinical wisdom, and ethics in nursing practice -- Kari Martinsen: philosophy of caring -- Katie Eriksson: theory of caritative caring -- Myra Estrin Levine: the conservation model -- Martha E. Rogers: unitary human beings -- Dorothea E. Orem: self-care deficit theory of nursing -- Imogene M. King: conceptual system and middle-range theory of goal attainment -- Betty Neuman: systems model -- Sister Callista Roy: adaptation model -- Dorothy E. Johnson: behavioral system model -- Anne Boykin and Savina O. Schoenhofer: the theory of nursing as caring: a model for transforming practice -- Afaf Ibrahim Meleis: transitions theory -- Nola J. Pender: health promotion model -- Madeleine M. Leininger: theory of culture care diversity and universality -- Margaret A. Newman: health as expanding consciousness -- Rosemarie Rizzo Parse: humanbecoming -- Helen C. Erickson, Evelyn M. Tomlin, Mary Ann P. Swain: modeling and role-modeling -- Gladys L. Husted and James H. Husted: symphonological bioethical theory -- Ramona T. Mercer: maternal role attainment: becoming a mother -- Merle H. Mishel: uncertainty in illness theory -- Pamela G. Reed: self-transcendence theory -- Carolyn L. Wiener and Marilyn J. Dodd: theory of illness trajectory -- Georgene Gaskill Eakes, Mary Lermann Burke, Margaret A. Hainsworth: theory of chronic sorrow -- Phil Barker: the tidal model of mental health recovery -- Katharine Kolcaba: theory of comfort -- Cheryl Tatano Beck: postpartum depression theory -- Kristen M. Swanson: theory of caring -- Cornelia M. Ruland and Shirley M. Moore: peaceful end-of-life theory -- State of the art and science of nursing theory.

"A classic text is back with fresh, comprehensive nursing theories, critiques, and philosophies. Nursing Theorists and Their Work, 9th Edition provides you with an in-depth look at 39 theorists of historical, international, and significant importance. This new edition has been updated with an improved writing style, added case studies, critical thinking activities, and in-depth objective critiques of nursing theories that help bridge the gap between theory and application. In addition, the six levels of abstraction (philosophy, conceptual models, grand theory, theory, middle-range theory, and future of nursing theory) are graphically depicted throughout the book to help you understand the context of the various theories." --Description from publisher.