Giving voice to what we know
Subtitle: Margaret Newman's theory of health as expanding consciousness in nursing practice, research, and education
By: [edited by] Carol Picard, Dorothy Jones.
Contributors: Picard, Carol.; Jones, Dorothy A.
Publisher: Jones and Bartlett Publishers
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Sudbury, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 233
Subjects: Newman, Margaret A.; Nursing -- Philosophy.; Health -- Philosophy.; Consciousness.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Caring in the human health experience; title: Health as expanding consciousness : knowledge in the discipline; title: Linking Newman's theory of health as expanding consciousness to ethics and caring; title: Suffering, growth and possibility : health as expanding consciousness in end-of-life care; title: Creating a healing environment for staff and patients in a pre-surgery clinic; title: The theory is the practice : an exemplar; title: Nursing praxis of family health; title: Engaging with communities in a pattern recognition process; title: Creating balance : rhythms and patterns in people with dementia living in a nursing home; title: Creating an environment of care in clinical practice : administrative and practice perspectives; title: Creative movement and reflective art : modes of expression for participant and researcher; title: Parents of persons with bipolar disorder and pattern recognition; title: Creating action research teams : a praxis model of care; title: Recognizing patterns in the lives of women with multiple sclerosis; title: Praxis as a mirroring process : teaching psychiatric nursing grounded in Newman's health as expanding consciousness; title: Cultivating a way to sense pattern with advanced practice nursing students; title: Doctoral student exemplar : transformation in the patient-nurse dyad; title: Convergence and divergence : dialogue of nurse theorists : Newman, Watson and Roy; title: Dialogue of Newman scholars and others interested in HEC; title: Concluding thoughts and future directions.