Present Situations and Future Prospects Regarding the Concept of Care/Caring and the Nursing Theory

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  • ケア・ケアリング概念および看護理論の現状と展望
  • ケア ケアリング ガイネン オヨビ カンゴ リロン ノ ゲンジョウ ト テンボウ

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The term of "care" or "caring" has been generally used to imply "treatment", "concern" and "attention". According to Mayeroff, "to care for another person, in the most significant sense, is to help him grow and actualize himself," This philosophy of Mayeroff's has been playing the fundamental role in teaching the concept of care / caring in the many fields such as nursing and social welfare. In particular, nursing science has considered the notion of care / caring as important, since it is the core concept of nursing. At the same time, there are many nursing concepts regarding care / caring, represented by works of Leininger and of Watson. Being based on the care / caring concept, each of them was theoretically developed from its own perspective. Despite its significance as desorbed above, the notion of care / caring has yet been clearly defined, the term has been used ambiguously, and its definition is still under ongoing debate. A similar story applies to the nursing theory as well. This study aims to scrutinize the present situations and the future perspective of both care / caring concept and the nursing theory.

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