Subject: Re: Seeking information.
Date: Wed, 16 Sep 1998 04:22:18 PDT




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>
>Hello,
>
>I am a graduate student in New Mexico.  I was asked to join a listserv 
of
>interest and learn about the theory shared by that group.  I am very
>interesting in women studies and as I am pursuing a degree in Nursing 
am
>finding traditional/masculine theory/research uncomfortable to fit 
nursing
>practice.  This listserv came up under women studies.  If there is 
anyone who
>would be interested to inform me on what this listserv discusses, a 
common
>theory or theories that are shared, where this listserv originates, 
etc.  I
>would be very appreciative.  My hope is too find theory in other fields 
more
>appropriate to nursing's humanistic discipline.
>
>Thank You.
>Vickie Maji-Takei
>
>
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