Revisiting caring science: some integrative ideas for the ‘head, hand and heart’ of critical care nursing practice

Nursing in Critical Care

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 168-175

  Galvin, Kathleen T ^a  

^a BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Care; Caring science; Embodied relational understanding; Holistic; Lifeworld; Phenomenology; Philosophy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARE BEHAVIOR; CONCEPTION; FEMALE; HEART; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTENSIVE CARE NURSING; MALE; NURSE; PHENOMENOLOGY; EMPATHY; INTENSIVE CARE; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING CARE; NURSING THEORY;

CRITICAL CARE; EMPATHY; HUMANS; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSING CARE; NURSING THEORY;

EID: 78049523543     PISSN: 13621017     EISSN: 14785153     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1478-5153.2010.00394.x     Document Type: Article

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