Evolution and Development of Human Swallowing
Fig. 2.1 Illustration of the midsagittal section of the head and neck regions of the horse The position of the larynx is relatively high in the neck relative to the…
Dysphagia from the Viewpoint of Rehabilitation Medicine
Fig. 4.1 Serious problems in dysphagic patients from the viewpoint of rehabilitation medicine It is imperative that both specialists and general physicians recognize and understand the contribution of dysphagia to…
Concept Comparison
Janice M. Morse 19 CONCEPT COMPARISON Why is a raven like a writing desk? —Lewis Carroll (1865/2010, p. 82) Conceptual comparison is a method used to delineate allied concepts. It…
Toward a Theory of Illness: The Illness-Constellation Model
Janice M. Morse 33 TOWARD A THEORY OF ILLNESS: THE ILLNESS-CONSTELLATION MODEL1 Get the habit of analysis—analysis will in time enable synthesis to become your habit of mind. —Frank Lloyd…
Self-Transcendence and Self-Reformulation: One Concept or Two?
Patricia L. Eldershaw and Janice M. Morse 20 SELF-TRANSCENDENCE AND SELF-REFORMULATION: ONE CONCEPT OR TWO? I could tell you my adventures—beginning from this morning,” said Alice a little timidly: “but…
Qualitative Strategies for Concept Development
Janice M. Morse 12 QUALITATIVE STRATEGIES FOR CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT Concepts shape how we think about the patients, families, and communities with whom we work. They direct our observations and our…
Qualitative Structured Techniques
Janice M. Morse 15 QUALITATIVE STRUCTURED TECHNIQUES Analysis of any kind involves a way of thinking. It refers to the systematic examination of something to determine its parts, the relationship…
Linking and Ordering Concepts
Janice M. Morse 22 LINKING AND ORDERING CONCEPTS The First Rule of Conceptualization It must be possible And it should be probable And then If it can be verified, even…
Developing Quantitative Theory
Janice M. Morse 27 DEVELOPING QUANTITATIVE THEORY Theories cannot be verified absolutely and forever; however, they can be falsified—i.e., they can be proven to be wrong—given a certain degree of…
Research Using Pragmatic Utility
Janice M. Morse 18 RESEARCH USING PRAGMATIC UTILITY Researchers who disagree about facts will often use concepts in different ways, rightly so. After all concepts are not designed to “fit”…
