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Nursing: The philosophy and science of caring
Dust Jacket Present (Slightly Scuffed and Torn), Tight Binding, Limited Chipping or Tears to Edges, Limited Markings (Highlighting, Underlining, Notes in Margins, Name on Front Page), No Creasing
321 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1979
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Jean Watson
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Dr. Jean Watson is Distinguished Professor of Nursing and holds an endowed Chair in Caring Science at the University of Colorado Denver and Anschutz Medical Center Campus. She is founder of the original Center for Human Caring in Colorado and is a Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing.
She is a widely published author and recipient of several awards and honors, including an international Kellogg Fellowship in Australia, a Fulbright Research Award in Sweden.
Clinical nurses and academic programs throughout the world use her published works on the philosophy and theory of human caring and the art and science of caring in nursing.
As author/co-author of over 14 books on caring, her latest books range from empirical measurements of caring, to new postmodern philosophies of caring and healing. Her books have been American Journal of Nursing books of the year awards, seek to bridge paradigms as well as point toward transformative models for the 21st century. In 2008 Dr. Watson created a non-profit foundation: Watson Caring Science Institute, to further the work of Caring Science in the world (www.watsoncaringscience.org).
Dr. Jean Watson is Distinguished Professor of Nursing and holds an endowed Chair in Caring Science at the University of Colorado Denver and Anschutz Medical Center Campus. She is founder of the original Center for Human Caring in Colorado and is a Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing.
She is a widely published author and recipient of several awards and honors, including an international Kellogg Fellowship in Australia, a Fulbright Research Award in Sweden.
Clinical nurses and academic programs throughout the world use her published works on the philosophy and theory of human caring and the art and science of caring in nursing.
As author/co-author of over 14 books on caring, her latest books range from empirical measurements of caring, to new postmodern philosophies of caring and healing. Her books have been American Journal of Nursing books of the year awards, seek to bridge paradigms as well as point toward transformative models for the 21st century. In 2008 Dr. Watson created a non-profit foundation: Watson Caring Science Institute, to further the work of Caring Science in the world (www.watsoncaringscience.org).
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January 29, 2013
required reading in my college. Years later I have finally begun to digest the real intent.
June 8, 2011
2008 edition--yay for amazon--ordered it last night and it arrived less than 24 hours later...got some reading to do!
March 8, 2018
I read this as part of a "caring science" residency program, coming from the perspective as a marriage and family therapist. Lots of the material transfers. Sometimes got heavy in the nursing jargon and felt a little choppy in the transitions between clinical language and Eastern medicine concepts in very general terms.
April 1, 2013
Gives new insights into the "whys" and "hows" of nursing that go far beyond the task-orientation many of us find ourselves swimming in.
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