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Index de Enfermería
On-line version ISSN 1699-5988Print version ISSN 1132-1296
Abstract
WALDOW, Vera Regina. Humanized care: vulnerability of the sick being and his/her transcendence dimension. Index Enferm [online]. 2014, vol.23, n.4, pp.234-238. ISSN 1699-5988. https://dx.doi.org/10.4321/S1132-12962014000300009.
The text considers vulnerability, mainly in diseases with bad prognosis, as in the case of cancer. Questions such as transcendence and death are possibilities that occur in boundary situations and the need of caring is called on. Nursing is a profession that has the privilege to be with in these circumstances offering comfort, not only physical, but spiritual as well. The text, has a proposal to reflect upon these topics, highlighting caring as a differential of humanistic value.
Keywords : Vulnerability; Disease; Transcendence; Nursing; Caring.