title: The proper focus of nursing: a critique of the "caring" ideology.
abstract: Some nurse educators in the United Kingdom are following the lead of North American theorists by asserting that caring "is" the core of nursing. This paper offers a focused critique of the caring ideology, through an examination of: (a) the views of a founding figure in the "caring" movement, and (b) a proposal for the integration of a "caring curriculum" within Project 2000. An overview of the "caring" literature prefaces an examination of Watson's notion of a "science of caring". Finally, Kirby and Slevin's recent proposals for a "curriculum of care" are examined in terms of their necessity and practicality.
mesh_terms: D000533:Altruism; D003479:Curriculum; D004506:Education, Nursing; D006801:Humans; D009732:Nursing Care; D010687:Philosophy, Nursing; D011568:Psychiatric Nursing / Q000193:education; D006113:United Kingdom