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Review
. 1991 Jun;16(6):657-62.
doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.1991.tb01723.x.

Caring versus empowerment: considerations for nursing practice

N Malin  1 , K Teasdale
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Caring versus empowerment: considerations for nursing practice

N Malin et al. J Adv Nurs. 1991 Jun.

Abstract

The authors argue that there is a tension between the concepts of caring and empowerment. This tension appears in political and managerial debates over how best to run a health service, and it reappears in the clinical situation in nursing dilemmas over the presentation of information to patients. The authors review the major contributions to theory from health care literature, and use case studies to explore some of the clinical implications of these theories for nursing practice.

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