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generate new ideas, and develop new theory and applications for education in the discipline and quality care in
practice by nurses.
The work of each theorist is presented with a framework using the following headings to facilitate uniformity
and comparison among the theorists and their works:
• Credentials and background
• Theoretical sources for theory development
• Use of empirical data
• Major concepts and definitions
• Major assumptions
• Theoretical assertions
• Logical form
• Acceptance by the nursing community
• Further development
• Critique of the work
• Summary
• Case study based on the work
• Critical thinking activities
• Points for further study
• References and bibliographies

Acknowledgments
I am very thankful to the theorists who critiqued the original and many subsequent chapters about themselves
to keep the content current and accurate. The work of Paterson and Zderad was omitted at their request.
I am very grateful to those who have contributed or worked behind the scenes with previous editions to
develop this text over the years. In the third edition, Martha Raile Alligood joined Ann Marriner Tomey, to
reorder the chapters, serve as a contributing author, and edit for consistency with the new organization of the
text. Subsequently Dr. Tomey recommended Dr. Alligood to Mosby-Elsevier to design and coedit a practice
focused text, Nursing Theory: Utilization and Application and based on Alligood’s expertise in nursing theory,
invited her to become coeditor and contributing author to future editions of this text, Nursing Theorists and Their
Work. I want to recognize and thank Ann Marriner Tomey for her vision to develop the first six editions of this
book. Her mentorship, wisdom, and collegial friendship have been special to me in my professional career. Most
of all, she is to be commended for her dedication to this text that continues to make an important and valuable
contribution to the discipline and the profession of nursing. I wish Ann well in her retirement.
Finally, I would like to thank the publishers at Mosby-Elsevier for their guidance and assistance through
the years to bring this text to this eighth edition. The external reviews requested by Mosby-Elsevier editors
have contributed to the successful development of each new edition. The chapter authors who over the years
have contributed their expert knowledge of the theorists and their work continue to make a most valuable
contribution.
Martha Raile Alligood