Toward a nursing theory of self-transcendence: deductive reformulation using developmental theories.
ANS. Advances in nursing science June 1991 P G Reed
The purpose of this article is to explicate the development of an emerging middle-range nursing theory of self-transcendence. The process of developing the theory was based largely on the method of "deductive reformulation." Using this strategy, theoretic knowledge derived from life span developmental psychology was reformulated based on Rogers' conceptual system. Clinical experience and...