Overview
Written by the leading expert in caring science, this book presents Jean Watson s expanded view of the emerging field of caring science as it complements the dominant curing science for health professionals. The framework focuses on the philosophical, theoretical, ethical, and core knowledge of caring.
Synopsis
Caring Science is a model of science that allows professionals and researchers to approach the sacred in caring-healing work. Watson, a professor of nursing at the University of Colorado who holds the only endowed chair in caring science in North America, provides a moral and philosophical foundation for this new paradigm in mind-body-spirit nursing, medicine, and health care, and describes the core knowledge of caring as it relates to both education for and the practice of professional caring and healing. There is no subject index. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR