Nursing: Human Science and Human Care : A Theory of Nursing

This classic book by renowned nurse theorist Jean Watson discusses the balance between science and caring that is the basis of the nursing p rofession. Watson's Theory of Human Care draws from the works of Weste rn and Eastern philosophers, approaching the human care relationship a s a moral idea that includes concepts such as phenomenal field, actual caring occasion, and transpersonal caring. Inherent in this theory ar e concepts of health and illness, the environment, and the universe.