Postmodern Nursing and Beyond

by Larry Dossey, Barbara Montgomery Dossey, Jean Watson

Book Overview

This new book by Jean Watson, a highly regarded visionary of nursing theory, reestablishes the critical balance between caring and curing. This theory blends the technical aspects of modern medicine with the holistic aspects traditionally associated with nursing, and serves as a model for nursing practice into the 21st century.Offers the experience of Professor Watson, a professional nurse for more than 35 years and the inspiration behind the internationally...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0443057443
• ISBN13: 9780443057441
• Release Date: July 1999
• Publisher: Churchill Livingstone
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

Post-modern nursing/carative nursing

This was an excellent continuation in the ongoing development of Jean Watson's theory of nursing as carative. The book takes her theory to the next level of the choices we need to make as a profession and the potential ramifications. The book is by Jean Watson. Barbara Montgomery Dossey only wrote the introduction/preface

Postmodern Nursing and Beyond

Jean proposes reconstruction for nursing in the 21st century by recalling our Nightingale roots. She eloquently and courageously calls nursing to reclaim its caring-healing identity in the post-modern/transpersonal world. The book is a provacative yet authentic discourse that leaves one wondering: "How will nursing respond?"