O QUE É ESTE "CUIDAR/CUIDADO"? — UMA ABORDAGEM INICIAL

Boehs, Astrid Eggert; Patrício, Zuleica María

doi:10.1590/0080-6234199002400100111

Resumos

Ao longo dos anos o termo cuidar tem sido comum na teoría e prática de enfermagem, mas na busca de uma compreensão maior para esse termo nos defrontamos com alguns questionamentos.

Foram selecionados para este trabalho três autores que vêm se dedicando ao estudo do cuidar/cuidado (care/caring) visando apresentar o que esses entendem sobre o mesmo, seus objetivos, importância e componentes. Finalmente são levantadas algumas questões visando a reflexão do pessoal de enfermagem.

Cuidados de enfermagem; Prática da Enfermagem; Nomenclatura

Along the years, the word care has been a common one for those involved with nursing theory and practive; nevertheless, on our search for a beter understanding of that word, quite a number of questionings came up. On developing our work, we have selected three authors who have been dedicatingtheir efforts to the study of care/caring, and tried to present what those authors understand about such dyad, its goals, importance and components. Closing our study, a few questions are proposed, seeking to promote reflection among the nursing personnel.

Nursing care; Nursing practice; Nomenclature

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REFERÊNCIAS BIBLIOGRÁFICAS

BEVIS, Olivia. A life force. In: LEININGER, M. Caring: an essential human need. Thorofare, Charles B. Slack, 1981. cap. 5. p.49-59.
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LEININGER, Madeleine. Care the essence of nursing and health. In: LEININGER, M. Care the essence of nursing and health. Thorofare, Charles B. Slack, 1984. cap. 1. p.3-15. (a)
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Datas de Publicação

Publicação nesta coleção
Abr 1990

Histórico

Recebido
19 Abr 1989

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[1] BEVIS, Olivia. A life force. In: LEININGER, M. Caring: an essential human need. Thorofare, Charles B. Slack, 1981. cap. 5. p.49-59.

[2] LEININGER, Madeleine. Caring: a central concern of nursing services and health care. Nurs. Health Care, Westport, 1(3):135-43, Oct. 1980.

[3] LEININGER, Madeleine. Care the essence of nursing and health. In: LEININGER, M. Care the essence of nursing and health. Thorofare, Charles B. Slack, 1984. cap. 1. p.3-15. (a)

[4] LEININGER, Madeleine. Caring: a central focus of nursing and health care services. In: LEININGER, M. Care the essence of nursing and health. Thorofare, Charles B. Slack, 1984. cap. 4. p.45-59. (b)

[5] LEININGER, Madeleine. Caring is nursing: understanding the meaning importance and issues. In: LEININGER, M. Care the essence of nursing: and health. Thorofare, Charles B. Slack, 1984. cap. 7. p.83-93. (c)

[6] LEININGER, Madeleine. Care constructs. Trabalho apresentado no SIMPÓSIO BRASILEIRO DE TEORIAS DE ENFERMAGEM, 1., Florianópolis, 1985. (mimeografado)

[7] WATSON, Jean. Some issues related to a science of caring for nursing practice. In: LEININGER, M. Caring an essential human need. Thorofare, Charles B, Slack, 1981. Cap. 6. p. 61-67.

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