title: [Care, the caring, the cure and the caregiver].
abstract: Due to the multiple meanings of the concept of care and its diverse cultural meanings, the purpose of this article is to address this concept, starting with clarification of its etymological origins. In addition to this clarification, the objectives of this paper are to highlight the rapport between care and cure, the implications of care in health care team management. The etymological analysis is made starting from encyclopaedic writings, to discuss the original meaning of the concept. The results of this analysis show that the original meaning of care is anchored on affects and feeling, lead to caring. Therefore, a personal dimension is inherent to it. This reflection tries to show that care does not oppose to cure, but that it is imperative to incresae nurses to the personal dimension in care to become caring with the management support. The conclusion reveals that a personal dimension of caring, supported by human values associated, participate to the professional dimension of the nursing role. Thus, these two dimensions that must grow together, are unavoidable for nursing pratice.
authors.forename: Jean-manuel
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Morvillers
mesh_terms: D017028:Caregivers; D006801:Humans; D009732:Nursing Care; D009626:Terminology as Topic