This groundbreaking work is an encyclopedic reference on the full spectrum of Human Caring Science.

Table of Contents

• Contributors
• Foreword
• Preface
• Acknowledgments
• 1. Introduction: Ontology, Epistemology, and the Lived Experience of Caring Science - Marilyn A. Ray, Marlaine C. Smith, Marian C. Turkel, and Grissel Hernandez-Kertland
• I. The Disciplinary Discourse: Theories and Frameworks Evolving to Unitary Caring Science
• 2. Unitary Caring Science: Disciplinary Evolution of Nursing - Jean Watson, Marlaine C. Smith, and W. Richard Cowling, III
• 3. The Evolution of Nursing's Ethics of Caring - Peggy L. Chinn
• 4. Caring as Emancipatory Nursing Praxis: The Theory of Relational Caring Complexity - Marilyn A. Ray and Marian C. Turkel
• 5. Caring in African Ontology—Ubuntu - Anna Nolte and Charlene Downing
• 6. Caring Science–Native Science: Paving Pathways of Courageous Authenticity, Advocacy, and Agency - Shawna M. McDermott
• 7. Developing the Knowledge of Human Caring - Jacqueline Fawcett
• II. Converging Paradigms: Constructing New Worldviews
• 8. Caring Science and Heart Science: A Guide to Heart-Centered Praxis - Jean Watson and Robert Browning
• 9. Expanding Global Reach Through a Massive Open Online Course in Mindfulness and Caring - Kathleen Sitzman
• 10. Conscious Dying: Human Caring Amid Pain and Suffering - William Rosa, Tarron Estes, Stephanie Hope, and Jean Watson
• 11. Reflective Practice and Caring Science - Sara Horton-Deutsch and William Rosa
• 12. Linking the Unitary Paradigm to Policy Through a Synthesis of Caring Science and Integrative Nursing - Mary Koithan, Mary Jo Kreitzer, and Jean Watson
• III. Caring Science Literacy: From Caritas to Global Communitas
• 13. Ways of Being/Knowing/Becoming - Jean Watson and Sara Horton-Deutsch
• 14. Curriculum Development Processes and Pedagogical Practices for Advancing Caring Science Literacy - Marcia Hills and Chantal Cara
• 15. Loving-Kindness and Equanimity: Illuminating the Nursing Literature Through a Caring Lens - Zane Robinson Wolf and Marian C. Turkel
• IV. Caritas Literacy as a Foundation for Nursing Education
• 16. Teaching From the Heart - Nancy Vitali
• 17. Developing Values and Philosophies of Being - Lisa Lally Flack and Donnean Thrall
• 18. Fostering Metamorphosis Through Caring Literacy in an RN-to-BSN Program - Mark D. Beck
• 19. Nurturing Doctorally Prepared Caring Scientists - Sara Horton-Deutsch, Kathy Oman, and Karen Sousa
• 20. Advancing Caring Science Through the Missions of Teaching, Research/Scholarship, Practice, and Service - Marlaine C. Smith
• V. Authenticating Caring Science Through Scholarly Inquiry
• 21. Leading From the Heart: Caring, Love, Peace and Values Guiding Leadership - Marian C. Turkel
• 22. Evaluation of Authentic Human Caring Professional Practices - Barbara B. Brewer and Jean Watson
• 23. The Evolution of Knowledge Development Related to Caring in Online Classrooms and Beyond - Kathleen Sitzman
• VI. Touching the Space of Praxis
• 24. Caring Inquiry Methodology: The Aesthetic Process in the Way of Compassion - Marilyn A. Ray
• 25. Holding Sacred Space for Loving-Kindness and Equanimity for Self/Others - Joseph Giovannoni
• 26. Mutual Vulnerability: Creating Healing Environments That Nurture Wholeness and Well-Being - Beth M. King and Charlotte D. Barry
• 27. Integrating Caring Science and Caritas Into Professional Practice - Linda Ryan
• VII. Redefining Healthcare Through Heart-Centered Wisdom
• 28. A Blueprint for Caritas Health “Care” - Jacqueline G. Somerville and Susan M. Lee
• 29. Kaiser Permanente Patient Care Services Northern California: The Adaptation of Caring Science - Anne M. Foss-Durant and Shawna M. McDermott
• 30. Nursing as Love: A Hermeneutical Phenomenological Study of the Creative Thought Within Nursing - Marlienne Goldin
• VIII. Global Caring Science
• 31. The Essential Nature of Caring Partnerships: Contextual Relevance and Cross-Cultural Ethical Considerations - Michele J. Upvall, Diane L. Gullett, and William Rosa
• 32. Scandinavian Caring Sciences - Charlotte Delmar
• 33. Caring Practices in an Era of Conflict: Middle East Nurses - Julie Benbenishty and Jordan R. Hannink
• 34. Caritas, Peace, and Change in Japan - Mayumi Tsutsui, Rina Emoto, and Jean Watson
• 35. Caritas Nursing and Professional Practice in Peru - Patrick A. Palmieri
• 36. Toward Planetary Caring: Sustainable Health and Well-Being for All - William Rosa
• IX. Emerging Inquiry: The Evolution of a Science
• 37. Unitary Caring Science Inquiry - Marian C. Turkel, Joseph Giovannoni, and Jean Watson
• 38. Unitary Caring Science and Multicultural Perspectives - Joyce B. Perkins
• 39. Unitary Caring Science: Evolving Society Toward Health, Healing, and Humanity - Jean Watson, Sara Horton-Deutsch, and William Rosa
• X. Journeys Into the Transpersonal: Aesthetic Ways of Knowing
• 40. Caritas Coaching: The Future of Health and Well-Being - Jan Anderson
• 41. Creative Healing Arts - Mary Rockwood Lane
• 42. Narrative Healing - A. Lynne Wagner
• 43. The Power of Ritual in Nurses’ Everyday Lives: Personal and Professional Exemplars - Zane Robinson Wolf
• 44. Photovoice: Qualitative Research Strategy for Theory-Guided Nursing Practice - Gayle L. Casterline
• 45. Music and Poetry for Healing - Patrick Dean
• 46. The Interplay of Integrative Nursing, Caring Science, and Healing Environments - Mary Jo Kreitzer and Terri Zborowsky
• 47. Remembering Purpose: An Autoethnography - Anna Biley
• 48. Caring Science and Yoga: The Human Caring Science-Kosha Model - Andy Davies
• 49. The Embodiment of a Caring Nature - William Rosa
• 50. Conclusion: Going Forward in Interconnectedness and Compassion - Jeanne Anselmo
• Bridge to the Future: Frontier or Fantasy? Nursing Caring in the Artificial Intelligence Ecosystem - Rozzano C. Locsin, Marguerite Purnell, and Hirokazu Ito
• Appendix A: Tools for Caring Science Measurement and Research
• Appendix B: Caritas Coach Abstracts
• Appendix C: Caring Science Literature: The Annals of Caring