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By examining the relationship of scientific and ethical knowledge to practice, it can be shown that much of the knowledge required for practice is the knowledge of science and ethics. This brings the notion of the need for a practice theory in nursing into serious question since unique knowledge beyond that of science and ethics must be shown to be required in practice.
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