title: Death as a transformation of wholeness: an "aha" experience of health as expanding consciousness.
abstract: A nurse-patient clinical experience is presented from a unitary transformative perspective. The experience is interpreted through Newman's theory of health as expanding consciousness. A brief description of Newman's theory is given in order to provide the reader with Newman's key terms and fundamental philosophical principles. The nurse-patient healing partnership is explained using Newman's terminology and theory of health as expanding consciousness. The purpose of this article is to advance the critical importance of uncompromised and nonfragmented nursing care in partnership with the irreducible whole person.
authors.affiliation: Gustavus Adolphus College, St. Peter, Minnesota, USA.
authors.forename: Barbara L
authors.initials: BL
authors.lastname: Zust
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D001293:Attitude to Death; D001294:Attitude to Health; D003243:Consciousness; D003405:Creativity; D004645:Empathy; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006694:Holistic Health; D006803:Human Development; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D016294:Models, Nursing; D024802:Nurse's Role / Q000523:psychology; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000193:education / Q000523:psychology; D009742:Nursing Theory; D010687:Philosophy, Nursing; D054198:Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma / Q000451:nursing / Q000523:psychology; D029181:Spirituality; D013727:Terminal Care / Q000523:psychology*