@article{ref1,
title="In search of scientific objectivity: is there such a property for paediatric concussion?",
journal="Nursing philosophy",
year="2021",
author="Ramsay, Scott",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="Concussions are a significant public health problem worldwide. This brain injury is problematic in the paediatric population for a variety of reasons; however, the enquiry into these problems has been mainly through the biomedical perspective. This approach has impacted nursing knowledge and practice of children and youth with a concussion, primarily since other perspectives are viewed as not being objective. In this manuscript, I draw on Thomas Kuhn's view of objectivity to evaluate the biomedical perspective of concussion. I utilize current research and clinical examples to illustrate the advantages and drawbacks of this perspective for nursing. From this discussion, I propose an alternative perspective to capture the complexity of paediatric concussions for nursing, a systems perspective. Although I argue for an alternative perspective to approach paediatric concussions for nursing, I maintain that the biomedical perspective can be incorporated as one part of nursing knowledge and practice for paediatric concussion.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1466-7681",
doi="10.1111/nup.12368",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/nup.12368"
}