Compiling the work of nurse scholars from five continents, this book s hows how caring's applicability cuts across cultural and geographic bo rders. "A Global Agenda for Caring" is a significant contribution to t he world's body of research on caring, and it brings us closer to real izing the full potential of studying caring worldwide.

This important book examines caring from a new age perspective, explor ing its metaphysical, holistic, and ceremonial implications. Selection s cover a variety of health and healing strategies, from Therapeutic T ouch to artistic therapies such as dance, storytelling, and sculpting. Caring as Healing challenges researchers, theorists, and nurse practi tioners to reappraise traditional assumptions about healing and human caring.