Anthroposophic Nursing Practice

Anthroposophic Nursing Practice: Foundations and Indications for Everyday Caregiving

Rolf Heine (editor), translated by Carol Brousseau

Anthroposophic nursing care connects the treatment of the body with the care of the patient's soul and spirit. Attention is paid to touch, using warmth, cold air and light to promote healing. While physical wellbeing is central to our modern society, our bodies actually receive little respect and attention, especially when we become ill and old. This book argues that nursing values need to be rediscovered which respect the individual, embrace illness as part of life, and allow time for healing.

Anthroposophic Nursing Practice highlights a form of nursing which is both holistic and optimistic. This important book gathers together knowledge and perspectives from generations of nurses, including Anna Wilde, Bernhard Deckers and Heikie Schaumann.

This comprehensive work will inevitably become the classic text on the important practice of anthroposophic nursing.

Rolf Heine is a certified nurse and anthroposophic nursing specialist. In 2012 he founded the Academy for Nursing Professions at the Filderklinik hospital, Stuttgart. He now runs the Network for Anthroposophic Nursing Care in Germany and is president of the International Council of Anthroposophic Nursing Associations (ICANA). He has published numerous contributions on the topic of anthroposophic nursing in books and professional journals.

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Portal Books
Print length ‏ : ‎ 624 pages
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 9781938685286
Item weight ‏ : ‎ 1.05 kg
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 16.76 x 3.05 x 24.64 cm