title: Caring and the health professions.
abstract: This study analyzes patient descriptions of what constitutes caring in the physician and nurse. We propose that health care students can be taught caring behavior through the use of patient narratives.
authors.affiliation: Sioux Valley Hospital, Sioux Falls, SD.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Nelson
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Meyer
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Wiltz
authors.forename: J W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Freeman
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D009732:Nursing Care / Q000523:psychology*; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D012944:Social Support