Open AccessWatson’s Human Caring Theory-Based Palliative Care: A Discussion Paper
Author(s) -
Mir Hossein Aghaei,
Zohreh Vanaki,
Eesa Mohammadi
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
international journal of cancer management
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.251
H-Index - 19
eISSN - 2538-4422
pISSN - 2538-497X
DOI - 10.5812/ijcm.103027
Subject(s) - watson , palliative care , nursing , health care , medicine , psychology , political science , natural language processing , computer science , law
: Palliative care is one of the most basic care approaches for providing care to patients with life-threatening illnesses. Applying theories in palliative care provision results in such cares’ development and organization and guides health care providers in this direction. One of the caring theories that can be focused on palliative care is Watson’s human caring theory, which despite its applicability in palliative care, has not been studied much. Thus, this study aimed at assessing how to use this theory in palliative care that can be applied to health care providers in all clinical specialties and societies with different cultures.