This book presents a new potential for health care in scholarship, edu cation, and practice. Does the aesthetic environment affect the qualit y of care? Can art be a significant force in healing? Celebrated contr ibutors demonstrate the deep connections between aesthetic awareness a nd caring-based practice. Music, narrative, painting, and more are fea tured as viable therapeutic modalities essential for reclaiming nursin g as a human art and science.

The chapters in this Anthology on Caring, in the words of editor Peggy L. Chinn, PhD, RN, FAAN, express "the idea, the ideal, and the practi ce of caring." This collection of articles presents many views of the caring phenomenon in nursing. Chapters such as The Importance of Knowi ng What to Care About and Caring for the Environment underscore the im portance of caring to healthy living. Read about culture-specific care in close-knit societies such as the Old Order Amish. Rediscover why s ocial activism is necessary in Health Promotion, Caring, and Nursing. These essays will remind us, as...

This anthology presents the philosophical and practice perspectives of nurse scholars whose works center on promoting nursing research, practice, and education within frameworks of social justice and critical theories. Social justice nursing is defined by the editors as nursing practice that is emancipatory and rests on the principle of praxis which is practice aimed at attaining social justice goals and outcomes that improve health experiences and conditions of individuals, their communities, and society.