El concepto de persona, como determinante del cuidado

Abstract

In a constant review of the evolution of nursing knowledge; Fawcet identifies four balanced components quoted by theory 4 elements as part of the met paradigm; which are: Person; Care; Health and Surroundings. It’s important to notice that the meaning of each of the concepts mentioned above is influenced by the vision of the theory that is has defined it and from the source these concepts come from. That is why the evolution of the concept of person is reviewed constantly in Mexico; influenced as well by its prehispanic background; religious heritage and the development of the concept as far as contemporary care is concerned since the formal education of nurses took place in hospitals at the end of the XIX century; the beginning of the XX century. This evolution has a determinant impact in the vision of the care and person; which focuses on the aliment; the biological field and the skill; approach that has been determinant up to the present. Recently; there exist an interest in understanding the concept of man in its individual dimension; in understanding him as such; and transcend it to the humanization of the care; in which quite a few new techniques have been developed and integrated in other areas of knowledge. The proposal of this essay is to get into these concepts in a deeper way from the philosophy of the concept of person; to understand that all the attention should be drawn to the individual; to help him go beyond his expectancies.