University of North Carolina Greensboro, Greensboro (Dr Cowling); Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton (Dr Smith); and School of Nursing, University of Colorado, Denver, and Health Sciences Center, Denver (Dr Watson).
This article is an outgrowth of a dialogue among the authors and Margaret Newman, PhD, RN, FAAN, at the Annual Conference of the International Association for Human Caring, St Louis, Michigan, May 17, 2007.
The authors thank Margaret Newman for her contributions to the development and preparation of this manuscript.
Corresponding Author: W. Richard Cowling, III, PhD, RN, APRN-BC, AHN-BC, School of Nursing, University of North Carolina, Greensboro, PO Box 26170, Greensboro, NC 27402 ([email protected]).