Human caring science : a theory of nursing

• Main Author: Watson, Jean, 1940- (Author)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Sudbury : Jones & Bartlett Learning, [2012]
• Edition: Second edition
• Subjects: ošetřovatelství > filozofické pojetí; ošetřovatelství > teorie; nursing > philosophical approach; nursing > theory; studie; studies
• ISBN: 9781449628109 1-4496-2810-9
• Physical Description: xiii, 122 stran : ilustrace ; 23 cm

Table of Contents:

• Introduction : context for theory development
• Nursing as human science/caring science
• Human caring in nursing
• Nature of human caring and caring values in nursing
• Nursing and metaphysics
• Nature of human life as subject matter of nursing
• Theory components and definitions
• Transpersonal caring relationship
• Structural overview of Watson's theory of human caring
• Methodology