title: Intentionality, consciousness, and creating community.
abstract: Intentionality is briefly explored from the perspective of seminal written works on therapeutic touch and recorded conversations with Martha E. Rogers. This overview hints at possible interrelationships among intentionality, consciousness, and creating community, along with conceptual ambiguities, which are explored in detail by Zahourek and Larkin in this column.
authors.affiliation: Hunter College of the City University of New York, Hunter-Bellevue School of Nursing, New York, NY 10010-2590, USA. vmalinsk@hunter.cuny.edu
authors.forename: Violet M
authors.initials: VM
authors.lastname: Malinski
mesh_terms: D000533:Altruism; D003243:Consciousness; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D006801:Humans; D033182:Intention; D024802:Nurse's Role / Q000523:psychology; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D009742:Nursing Theory; D010358:Patient Participation / Q000523:psychology; D010687:Philosophy, Nursing; D019124:Therapeutic Touch / Q000451:nursing / Q000523:psychology