| Description |
viii, 209 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
Preface / Gosia Brykczynska -- Ch. 1. A brief overview of the epistemology of caring / Gosia Brykczynska -- Ch. 2. The historical tradition of care / Ann Bradshaw -- Ch. 3. Why care? Ethical and spiritual issues in caring in nursing / Philip Burnard -- Ch. 4. Art and literature: nursing's distant mirror? / Gosia Brykczynska -- Ch. 5. Competency-based continuing education: a model to promote caring in critical care / Carol Cox -- Ch. 6. Patients' experiences of being cared for / Paul Morrison -- Ch. 7. Reflecting on ritual: an anthropological approach to personal rituals and care among Gujarati women in east London / Meg McDonald -- Ch. 8. The emotional cost of caring / Verena Tschudin -- Ch. 9. Care costs: towards a critical understanding of care / Pam Smith and Ellen Agard |
| Summary |
Caring: The Compassion and Wisdom of Nursing is a collection of essays that will encourage nurses to consider more deeply what caring means to them, to their patients, to society and to their profession. Aimed at a wide audience of nurses, this text is a valuable resource for all health professionals interested in caring and the arena in which it takes place. The authors look at the cultural and historical origins of caring, the practical and professional responsibilities that caring involves, the personal and professional strengths necessary in order to care, and the role that the arts and humanities play in promoting caring sensitivities. This unique approach to the subject puts caring into a sharp and clear focus. Each chapter requires a different type of reflection and the various approaches together form an interesting picture of both the complexities and simplicities inherent in caring |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Caring.
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Nurse and patient.
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Nursing -- Philosophy.
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Nursing ethics.
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Nursing -- Practice.
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Nursing -- Psychological aspects.
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Nursing.
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Philosophy, Nursing.
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Empathy.
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Nurse-Patient Relations.
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| Author |
Brykczyńska, Gosia M., 1947-
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Jolley, Moya.
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| LC no. |
97122198 |
| ISBN |
0340661968 |
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9780340661963 |
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