Dear colleagues in Health Promotion:

An upcoming special issue of Nursing Inquiry will be devoted to Critical Realism, a meta-theoretical perspective used increasingly in many disciplines to guide research.

This special issue seeks papers that extend this discussion into the methodological realm by addressing how critical realism can and should be used to inform or underpin research into health.

Contributions are sought that explain approaches to inquiry and report findings from studies guided by critical realism in areas such as: health services evaluation; health policy; health disparities; health behaviours, decision-making, community health; chronic illness; gender and health; and care-giving.

Nursing Inquiry is an international peer-reviewed journal. All submissions should be made online at http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/nin. Please include indication in your cover letter that you wish the article to be considered for the ‘Special issue on critical realism’.

For inquiries on the special issue on critical realism, please contact the guest editors.

The closing date for submissions is 1 October 2010.

Jan Angus, RN, PhD                              Alexander M Clark, RN, PhD
University of Toronto                           University of Alberta
Guest Co-editor                                 Guest Co-editor
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