Caring and Nursing: Explorations in Feminist Perspectives

Landau, Joanna

doi:10.3928/0022-0124-19920501-15

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“…Caring is perceived by many to be the essence of nursing (e.g. Benner & Wrubel, 1989; Pearson, 1991; Miller, 1991; Gaut & Leininger, 1991). Authors disagree regarding the extent to which caring can be perceived as unique to nursing, shared with other disciplines or a human trait (Morse et al ., 1991; James, 1992).…”

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“…Other authors have further defined caring in terms of involvement with clients that is informed by education and expertise, is enabling and assists the person to actualize their potential (Gaut, 1991; Pearson, 1991; Green‐Hernandez, 1991). According to Forrest (1989, p. 818), ‘caring involvement and interaction incorporates, on the part of the nurse, “being with” rather than “doing to” the patient’.…”

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Contradictions between perceptions and practices of caring in long‐term care of elderly people

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1998

Journal of Clinical Nursing

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Summary Care for elderly people in nursing homes is a subject of increasing interest as populations around the world age. Numerous studies have been reported in relation to caring, how it is defined and what it means to nurses and clients in different contexts. Nursing is equated with caring and yet reports of nursing home care frequently cite such uncaring practices as neglect, fostered dependency, infantilization and depersonalization. The contradictions are explored with the aim of improving care of elderly people through greater understanding of how caring is perceived and practised.

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