The Nurse–Patient Relationship as a Moral Encounter: Advancing Nursing Science Through Caring Theory and Relational Ontology
Nursing Science Quarterly: Theory, Research, and Practice
Published online on January 27, 2026
Abstract
Nursing Science Quarterly, Volume 39, Issue 2, Page 99-107, April 2026.
This philosophical analysis combines Watson’s theory of human caring with Levinas’s relational ethics to examine the nurse–patient relationship as a moral encounter that creates nursing knowledge. Watson’s theory alone cannot explain the ontological ...
This philosophical analysis combines Watson’s theory of human caring with Levinas’s relational ethics to examine the nurse–patient relationship as a moral encounter that creates nursing knowledge. Watson’s theory alone cannot explain the ontological ...