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Care: The Essence of Nursing and Health by Madeleine M. Leininger, RN, PhD, LhD, FAAN. SLACK Incorporated, Thorofare, NJ. 1984. 266 pages. $19.50 (soft cover).
Though the art, science, and practice of nursing embody care as a core ingrethent, until very recently, very little has been written in the literature which clearly defines the care phenomenon and its uniqueness to nursing. It was the author/editor's concern that not all professional nurses value care and use care theory and knowledge to guide nursing decisions and actions that prompted the writing of this valuable work.
A direct question put to the reader is why are the important nursing care processes and activities not recognized and valued as equally by the public as the much emphasized physician cure practices? What follows is a comprehensive...