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systematically explore the purpose, goal, and and valued by nurses and health profession-
tenets of the theory through a naturalistic and als worldwide. The Journal of Transcultural
predominantly emic open inquiry discovery Nursing, which was founded by Leininger L
approach (Leininger, 2006). ethnonursing in 1986, has been a major source for dissem-
focuses on the study of nursing care beliefs, ination of caring constructs, culture care
practices, and values, cognitively perceived information, and research findings from
and known by a particular culture through transcultural nurse researchers (Leininger,
their experiences, beliefs, and value systems. 2007).
over the past 40 years, Leininger’s the-
ory of culture care has become well known Sandra C. Garmon Bibb
