Caring in nursing as a substantive area of nursing science has been the focus of considerable scholarly effort. Based on the assumption that caring is the central concept in nursing and is uniquely known and expressed in nursing, this paper focuses on an analysis of major theo retical works related to the concept. Five categories of questions provide a framework for the analysis: ontological, anthropological, ontical, ep istemological, and pedagogical.
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