The Roy Adaptation Model
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Roy began work on her theory in the 1960s. She drew from existing work
of a physiological psychologist, and behavioral, systems and role theorists. She
was keenly interested in the psycho/social aspects of the person from the start
and concentrated her education on this aspect of Person. Thus, the
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.... is a simplistic solution to a difficult
problem. Nursing, with its limited experience with metaparadigms and conceptual
models, is not ready for restrictions on its ways of thinking. It's my belief
that this act of advocating a single unified model was an act of multi-oppressed
thinking influenced by men, the Roman Catholic Church and the medical world.
During a 1987 conference of nursing theorists, Sister Roy made a number
of deferring remarks to a speech made earlier by a male Bishop.
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