title: Health needs and nursing care.
abstract: to present the concept of needs according to different approaches to discuss the possibility of health care that incorporates a broader view of human vulnerabilities in health services.
  the arguments are founded on nursing theorists who worked on the construction of frameworks relevant to care, based on needs and on philosophers who show the possibility of identifying the vulnerabilities of human beings, defending art as a therapeutic instrument that can promote health care.
  although care can acquire a new dimension with the introduction of art, according to certain perspectives, philosophical studies on ethics and aesthetics should be resumed to identify human vulnerabilities that can in fact be compensated by sensible understanding of the outer world. To incorporate art in nursing care requires studies from theorists to be recovered, deepening concepts and working on empirical investigations for their adequate use.
authors.affiliation: Centro Universitário Barão de Mauá, Curso Superior de Tecnologia em Estética e Cosmética. Ribeirão Preto-SP, Brasil.
authors.forename: Cristina Buischi
authors.initials: CB
authors.lastname: Petersen
authors.affiliation: Universidade de São Paulo, Escola de Enfermagem de Ribeirão Preto, Departamento de Enfermagem Materno-Infantil e Saúde Pública. Ribeirão Preto-SP, Brasil.
authors.forename: Regina Aparecida Garcia de
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Lima
authors.affiliation: Universidade de São Paulo, Escola de Enfermagem de Ribeirão Preto, Departamento de Enfermagem Geral e Especializada. Ribeirão Preto-SP, Brasil.
authors.forename: Magali Roseira
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Boemer
authors.affiliation: Universidade de São Paulo, Escola de Enfermagem de Ribeirão Preto, Departamento de Enfermagem Materno-Infantil e Saúde Pública. Ribeirão Preto-SP, Brasil.
authors.forename: Semiramis Melani Melo
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Rocha
mesh_terms: D001155:Art Therapy; D006801:Humans; D016294:Models, Nursing; D020380:Needs Assessment; D009736:Nursing Process