The theory was generated from qualitative research involving health professionals and patients in the hospital setting.
The theory implies that there is a dialectical relationship (thesis, antithesis, synthesis) between the human (person & nurse) dimension of spiritual-ethical caring and the structural (nursing, environment) dimensions of the bureaucracy or organizational culture (technological, economic, political, legal and social).
The Model is holographic, illuminating the holistic nature of caring & synthesis of the humanistic systems and technologic, economic, political, legal systems.
Major Concepts:
- Caring
- Spiritual-Ethical Caring
- Educational
- Physical
- Socio-cultural
- Legal
- Technological
- Economic
- Political
Major Assumptions
- Nursing/Caring
- Person/Cultural Being
- Health
- Environment/Culture of Organization