title: Care and cure as healing processes in nursing.
abstract: Today's health care requires more than technology to accomplish healing. Nursing has a heritage of healing that was highly valued in the past. The care-versus-cure controversy during the past two decades has not identified a clear healing role in contemporary nursing practice. The author explores the concepts of care, cure, and healing as interdependent and indivisible processes within health care and particularly within nursing.
authors.forename: R E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Leftwich
mesh_terms: D004645:Empathy; D006694:Holistic Health; D006801:Humans; D009736:Nursing Process; D009742:Nursing Theory; D012380:Role