Writing with undergraduate and graduate students and professional nurses in mind, Watson, a nurse theorist at the U. of Colorado, Denver, discusses the balance between science and caring in nursing. She presents a theory of human care that draws from Western and Eastern philosophy and views the human care relationship as a moral concept, with human caring, rather than medicine, at the center. She examines how nursing connects with and serves people, which advances society's knowledge of human conditions, nursing's contribution to the welfare of society, and sustains humanity and human caring. She describes the values underlying a human caring science, human life as the focus of nursing, the theory's components and definitions, and the importance of a transpersonal caring relationship. This edition has been revised and updated with a new research chapter that includes information on assessing and measuring caring, examples of practice models, and multi-site research. The previous edition was titled Nursing: Human Science and Human Care. Annotation ©2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)