Caring Science: A Comprehensive Guide to Past, Present, and Future

Written by William Rosa, this monumental compendium is an encyclopedic reference on the full spectrum of Human Caring Science. With contributions from highly accomplished scholars and practitioners from six continents, it spans the evolution of Caring Science from its origins 40 years ago through its ongoing innovation and development and into the future.

A Multigenerational Perspective on Caring Science

This comprehensive resource brings together multigenerational perspectives to Caring Science, demonstrating its ethical nursing applications across cross-cultural settings worldwide. The book’s broad scope embodies the paradigm’s theoretical foundations, guidance from Caring Science educators and researchers, and practice insights from expert clinicians and administrators.

Influencing Policy Change and Integrating Principles Globally

The book offers strategies to influence meaningful policy change, integrate principles throughout cross-cultural and global settings, and introduces inspiring voices from luminaries in coaching, Caring Science creative arts, spirituality, and self-care. It clearly demonstrates how theories, frameworks, and paradigms are directly integrated into practice, research, and educational settings.

Transforming Systems with a Caring Consciousness

Scholarly narratives and discourses on Caring Science will facilitate understanding of how to transform systems with a caring consciousness and ethically informed action. Chapters, consistently formatted to promote ease of comprehension, include exemplars with reflective questions and references.

Key Features of Caring Science

• Traces the history of Caring Science and merges it with current and future perspectives
• Provides a how-to guide for understanding the integration of theories, frameworks, and paradigms into practice, research, and education
• Distills a vision of how to transform systems with a caring consciousness and a commitment to ethically informed action
• Enables readers to cross-reference Caring Science leaders across specialties
• Illustrates Caring Science practice through case studies, examples, and discourses
• Supports hospitals in procuring or maintaining ANCC Magnet certification
• Identifies research and practice opportunities for readers to integrate Caring Science into their professional milieus

Product Details

Published by Springer Publishing Company, this comprehensive resource is available in English and spans 900 pages. The ISBN-10 is 0826133886 and the ISBN-13 is 978-0826133885.