title: The virtues of nursing.
abstract: Nursing is a practice of caring. But what and who is nursing for and what type of virtues characterise the practice of nursing? The parable of the-Good Samaritan provides some answers.
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, Australian Catholic University, Brisbane.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tuckett
mesh_terms: D004645:Empathy; D004993:Ethics, Nursing; D006801:Humans; D007587:Job Description; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D009732:Nursing Care / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000523:psychology; D010687:Philosophy, Nursing