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It was noted in the last workshop that caring can mean different things to different people. This workshop offers one way of exploring different perceptions of caring through the use of Kelly’s Personal Construct Theory (Kelly, 1955).
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Morrison, P., Barnard, P. (1991). Workshop Two: Perceptions of Caring. In: Caring and Communicating: Facilitators’ Manual. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-21443-3_3
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