title: Caring: reappropriating our tradition.
abstract: Nursing stands poised before a new century that promises radical changes in healthcare delivery. Circumstances of care will offer the profession new opportunities. The authors provide a provocative review of the past two decades of nursing as a caring profession. Actions for the future are noted, which will enable nurses to reappropriate nursing's tradition of caring.
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Sullivan
authors.forename: D M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Deane
mesh_terms: D004645:Empathy; D004993:Ethics, Nursing; D005544:Forecasting; D006801:Humans; D009729:Nursing / Q000379:methods / Q000639:trends*; D011364:Professional Practice / Q000639:trends*