title: Critical review of R. R. Parse's the human becoming school of thought. A perspective for nurses and other health professionals
abstract: Critical review of R. R. Parse's The Human Becoming School of Thought. A Perspective for Nurses and Other Health Professionals This paper attempts a critical review of Parse's recent book The Human Becoming School of Thought. A Perspective for Nurses and Other Health Professionals. The claimed philosophical foundations of the approach are described, as are key assumptions and principles of the human becoming school of thought. Following this, four areas of criticism are identified. These focus on: the key concepts of health and quality of life; Parse's appeal to human 'universals'; and the problem of shrouding descriptions of lived experience within the terminology of the human becoming school of thought.
authors.affiliation: Senior Lecturer, Centre for Philosophy and Health Care, School of Health Science, University of Wales Swansea, Swansea SA2 8PP, Wales.
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Edwards