%0 Journal Article
%T Bibliometric study on nursing theses and dissertations employing a phenomenological approach: tendency and perspectives
%A Merighi
%A Miriam Ap. Barbosa
%A Gon£żalves
%A Roselane
%A Ferreira
%A Fernanda Cristina
%J Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem
%D 2007
%I Universidade de S?o Paulo
%R 10.1590/S0104-11692007000400019
%X this study aimed to analyze the scientific production of nursing dissertations and theses with a phenomenological approach published from 1981 to 2002. a descriptive, retrospective and bibliometric research was carried out. the material analysis, which is part of the database of the catalogue information on nursing research and researchers, resulted in 217 studies, 71,9% from the master's course and 28,1% from the doctoral course. among the obtained results, it stands out that the theoretical-philosophical reference chosen to support the data discussion found in investigations has not been used emphatically. there is a need to discuss the unveiled data, through the subjects' discourse, in the light of the philosophical reference framework mentioned in the research trajectory.
%K nursing
%K phenomenology
%K bibliometry.
%U http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0104-11692007000400019&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en