Human caring science a theory of nursing - Watson, Jean 1940- (Jones & Bartlett Learning, 2012)
Revised edition of: Nursing : human science and human care / Jean Watson. c1999
Includes bibliographical references and index
Introduction : context for theory development -- Nursing as human 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 care -- Methodology : reconsidered -- Transcendental or depth phenomenology and poetic results -- an exemplar