title: Science alone cannot provide quality care to patients.
abstract: As a learning disabilities nursing student, I am taught the importance of meeting a person's emotional, spiritual, social, mental and physical needs. I therefore read with concern a qualified nurse's opinion (letters August 9) that there is no place in health care for subjective feelings.
authors.affiliation: Longfield, Kent.
authors.forename: Karen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Clark