title: Caring through relation and dialogue: a nursing perspective for patient education.
abstract: Nursing's recognition of the importance of patient education is evident in nursing's history and in the work of early nurse theorists. However, to date, there has been no clear articulation of a nursing framework specific to this essential aspect of clinical care. A nursing perspective for patient education based on a conceptualization of caring is presented. This perspective includes explication of philosophic views for nursing and patient education. A middle-range theory for patient education is generated from this philosophic premise.
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, University of Connecticut, Storrs, USA.
authors.forename: R C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Sanford
mesh_terms: D003142:Communication; D004645:Empathy; D006379:Helping Behavior; D006694:Holistic Health; D006801:Humans; D007587:Job Description; D019359:Knowledge; D016294:Models, Nursing; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D009732:Nursing Care / Q000379:methods* / Q000523:psychology*; D015399:Nursing Research; D009742:Nursing Theory; D010353:Patient Education as Topic / Q000379:methods*; D010687:Philosophy, Nursing; D011209:Power, Psychological; D012586:Science