PHI 1370 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Rollo May, Nurse Education, Lifeworld
6 Apr 2016
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Caring a feeling denoting a relationship of concern when the other"s existence matters to you; a relationship of dedication, taking the ultimate terms, to suffer for the other: rollo may. Etymology of care: contrasting dynamics, old english carian to trouble oneself (vulgar association, latin cure to take care of (elite occupation) Developed from the old idea of caring, nursing is seen as the individualized or subjective arm of the heathcare system. Empathy florence nightingale asks people to put themselves in the place of the invlaid (empathy to the extreme degree) Are these aspects any easier to demonstrate than caring itself: a science of nursing depends on objective metric for standardizing good care. However, since there is no universal or historical definition of care, Conceptualizing problems: this science can seemingly not exist. Historico-cultural specificity of the designation of caring, as good caring becomes a practice relative to the context. Caring based on analysis and standards met would be computerizing nursing.
