title: Of helping relationships: a concept paper.
abstract: As professionals engaged in the practice of nursing, our involvement with people in different situations provides us many opportunities to be of significant help to them. People are often motivated to enhance themselves. It is the aim of this paper to present a concept in helping relationships that may assist nurses towards a positive direction in helping other people, whether sick or well to improve themselves, to achieve growth, realize their potentials and/or limit their disabilities.
authors.forename: A R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: de Leon
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008960:Models, Psychological; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D009732:Nursing Care