Humanism
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

Nursing, religiosity, and end-of-life care: interconnections and implications.

29 Nov 2009 The influence of religious beliefs and practices at the end of life is underinvestigated. Given nursing's advocacy role and the intimate and personal nature of the dimensions of religiosity and the end of life, exploring the multidimensional ... Read more...

Moral accountability and integrity in nursing practice.

29 Nov 2009 The therapeutic nature of the nurse-patient relationship is grounded in an ethic of caring. Florence Nightingale envisioned nursing as an art and a science...a blending of humanistic, caring presence with evidence-based knowledge and exquisite ... Read more...

Art, science, or both? Keeping the care in nursing.

29 Nov 2009 Nursing is widely considered as an art and a science, wherein caring forms the theoretical framework of nursing. Nursing and caring are grounded in a relational understanding, unity, and connection between the professional nurse and the patient. ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Humanism'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Nursing, religiosity, and end-of-life care: interconnections and implications. 29 Nov 2009
• Moral accountability and integrity in nursing practice. 29 Nov 2009
• Art, science, or both? Keeping the care in nursing. 29 Nov 2009
• Trust, power, and vulnerability: a discourse on helping in nursing. 29 Nov 2009
• The suffering of physicians. 22 Oct 2009
• Bioengineered bodies and the moral imagination. 17 Sep 2009
• [Complexity of humanistic care within the concept of nursing] 30 Aug 2009
• [Empathy, a just milieu between clinical and daily ethics] 30 Aug 2009
• The art of Dino Cavallari. 30 Aug 2009
• Hippocrates vs. misanthropism. 30 Aug 2009
• Global mental health: a failure of humanity. 20 Aug 2009
• Quo vadis? Philosophy, Ethics, and Humanities in Medicine preserving the humanistic character of medicine in a biotechnological future. 12 Aug 2009
• Keeping the patient in the equation--humanism and health care reform. 4 Aug 2009
• The development and pilot testing of an instrument to measure nurses' working environment: the Nursing Context Index. 25 Jul 2009
• [Humanism and freedom of choice: what do we want to buy--and what are we selling? ] 29 Jun 2009
• [What kind of ethical education for pharmacists is necessary? Can "the core curriculum model for pharmacology education" provide the needed guidance?] 29 Jun 2009
• Market-driven health care: can mission survive? 29 Jun 2009
• The 2008 Erice statement toward a more humanistic oncology. 29 Jun 2009
• The silent dimension: expressing humanism in each medical encounter. 20 Jun 2009
• The dangerous practice of empathy. 4 Jun 2009

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Technical information about 'Humanism'

Definition: An ethical system which emphasizes human values and the personal worth of each individual, as well as concern for the dignity and freedom of humankind.

Descriptor UI: D006808

Alternative terms: Humanism;

Allowable Qualifiers: history;

Tree Number: K01.316.400; K01.752.256.120;

History Note: 78