Caring, an essential human need : proceedings of three National Caring Conferences / Madeleine M. Leininger, editor and author.

Author/creator National Caring Conference
Other author Leininger, Madeleine M.
Format Book
PublicationThorofare, New Jersey : Charles B. Slack, Inc., c1981.
Description157 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Subjects

Contents [Part I] First national conference: the phenomena and nature of caring. The phenomenon of caring: importance, research questions and theoretical considerations / Madeleine Leininger; Conceptual analysis of caring: research method / Delores Ann Gaut; A philosophical analysis of caring within nursing / Marilyn A. Ray; An application of the structural-functional method to the phenomenon of caring / Joyceen Boyle; Caring: a life force / Em Olivia Bevis; Some issues related to a science of caring for nursing practice / Jean Watson; The meaning of caring in the context of nursing / Kathryn G. Gardner -- [Part II] Second national conference: analysis of caring behaviors and processes. Care, culture and praxis / Michael J. Higgins; Cross-cultural hypothetical functions of caring and nursing care / Madeleine Leininger; The interrelatedness of the caring patterns in black children and caring process within black families / Barbara Guthrie; Patients' and staff nurses' perceptions of supportive nursing behaviors: a preliminary analysis / Kathryn G. Gardner; Caring as the focus of a multidisciplinary health center for the elderly / Joan Uhl -- [Part III] Third national conference: characteristics and classification of caring phenomena. Caring from a human science perspective / Rosemarie Rizzo Parse; Some philosophical, historical, and taxonomic aspects of nursing and caring in American culture / Madeleine Leininger; Reflections on the biopolitics of human nature and altruism.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and indexes.
Acquisitions source Laupus- Marie Pokorny, donor
LCCN 81051722
ISBN0913590835
ISBN9780913590836

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Laupus History Reading Room - Does not circulate WY 87 N277C 1981 ✔ Available