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Publication The evolving nursing scholarliness(1983) Meleis, Afaf IThe thesis of this discussion is that nursing is involved in a scholarly evolution, that this evolution has properties and norms that have evolved from previous stages of development, and that every previous stage had a major contribution leading to our current evolution. The discussion is based on the premise that a reflective stance and self-analysis are essential to growth and development and that meaning and ideas are enhanced when one is able to trace their origins, the problems that motivated their development, the conceptualizations to which they relate, and the knowledge of how one intellectual tradition grows from another. Progress in nursing theory is a most significant aspect of this scholarly evolution and a cornerstone of the discipline of nursing. It behooves us, therefore, to review the events that influenced the current stage of nursing scholarliness and the contributions of nursing theory to it. In its search for professional identity and meaning, nursing has proceeded through several stages. Self-analysis and evaluation and the view and status accorded nursing in our patriarchal society made it appear as if each successive stage was a deviation from the goal of establishing the discipline of nursing. But in essence each stage has sharpened and clarified the dimensions needed for establishing the scientific discipline, prompting or leading to the scholarly evolution in nursing.Publication The Case Against the DNP: History, Timing, Substance, and Marginalization(2005-09-01) Meleis, Afaf; Dracup, KathleenDoctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) or not? The answer is not! Within the historical context of our discipline, a doctorate degree should stand for advancing and translating knowledge. Clinical practice is the core of this knowledge. Separating the practice and research missions could undermine our ability to be equal partners in universities, as well as diminish our effectiveness in establishing the evidence for quality and safe health care.Publication Helping Elderly Persons in Transition: A Framework for Research and Practice(1999) Schumacher, Karen L; Meleis, Afaf I; Jones, Patricia SPublication Commentary: Human Capital in Health Care, A Resource Crisis or a Caring Crisis?(2006-07-01) Meleis, AfafPredicting and shaping the human capacity resources for health care globally for the future requires voice and valuation of, and about, caring.Publication Issues in health care of Middle Eastern patients(1983-12-01) Lipson, Juliene G; Meleis, Afaf IRelationships between Middle Eastern patients and Western health care professionals are often troubled by mutual misunderstanding of culturally influenced values and communication styles. Although Middle Easterners vary ethnically, they do share a core of common values and behavior that include the importance of affiliation and family, time and space orientations, interactional style and attitudes toward health and illness. Problems in providing health care involve obtaining adequate information, “demanding behavior” by a patient's family, conflicting beliefs about planning ahead and differing patterns of communicating grave diagnoses or “bad news.” There are guidelines that will provide an understanding of the cultural characteristics of Middle Easterners and, therefore, will improve rather than impede their health care. A personal approach and continuity of care by the same health care professional help to bridge the gap between Middle Eastern cultures and Western medical culture. In addition, periodic use of cultural interpreters helps ameliorate the intensity of some cultural issues.Publication Ethical crises and cultural differences(1983-06-01) Meleis, Afaf I; Jonsen, Albert RGeneralizations about patients without careful attention to their cultural background, their values and norms could lead to a number of ethical crises. The informed consent, disclosure of diagnosis and prognosis, and discussions of termination of treatment are reflections of Western cultural values. They represent respect for autonomy of clients and respect for openness in communications. For patients from other cultures such practices have different meanings that may violate their own values. The result of such conflict in practices and meanings can render the relationship between patients and health care personnel difficult at best and distrustful at worst.Publication And the Cosmopolitans Plan Parenthood...!(1970) Meleis, Afaf IbrahimPublication Does nursing intervention make a difference? A test of the ROSP(1977) Meleis, Afaf IbrahimPublication Transitions: A Nursing Concern(1986) Chick, Norma; Meleis, Afaf IbrahimPublication Preventive role supplementation: A grounded conceptual framework(1980) Meleis, Afaf I; Swendsen, Leslee; Jones, Deloras