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Our perspective on the nature of the relationship between the nurse and the patient, built up in the previous chapter, is founded firmly on the notion of a reciprocal caring relationship. In Chapter Three we proposed that the obligations the nurse has to the patient presuppose a personal relationship, willingly entered into, that calls forth her capacity to care, that requires a level of concern for the other person and a moving away from an exclusive concern with her own best interests to respond to the needs of another person. This is possible only through the meeting together of two individuals, where the interaction is based on mutual respect, positive regard, trust and fidelity.
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Brown, J.M., Kitson, A.L., McKnight, T.J. (1992). Who is in charge?. In: Challenges in Caring. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-4529-7_4
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