患者-看護者におけるケアに関する一考察 : 看護者の患者家族に関する認識を手がかりとして

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The term "care" has lately attracted considerable attention in the various fields, such as psychology, education, medical treatment and social welfare. Especially, in the realms of medical treatment and social welfare, concerns arise due to the rapid progress of the aging of society, the change in disease structure and the rapid progress of medical technology. As for care in medical treatment, there is recognition that patients or clients are the center of medical treatment, because the meaning of "care" focuses not on the sickness itself, but on the living person with an illness. It is important for medical staffs to realize the dignity of the patient's personality through their care. There is an interactive relation between patients and nurses, and therefore they have their own individual values, appraisal standards and interests. I think that care is recognized and/or adjusted between them accordingly. When offering nursing, a relation with the family of a patient and nurses is also important. Because 11 hink that a family is an important person for a patient. However, there is not the study how nurses understand a patient's family, and what nurses expect of them.