Includes bibliographical references and index.

Why study practice? -- A fusion of horizons : meaning and understanding in becoming a nurse -- Distal nursing -- Research and ontology : neurology and Parkinson's disease : sufferers' lived experiences of embodiment and dwelling in life worlds -- Health, disorder, and the psychiatric enterprise : reclaiming lost connections -- Understanding end-of-life caring practices in the emergency department : developing Merleau-Ponty's notions of intentional arc and maximum grip through praxis and phronesis -- The living history of interpretive phenomenology -- Articulating, preserving, and promoting holistic aspects of nurse practitioner practice --

Sustaining purpose and motivation : weaving caring and self-care together in nursing practice -- Sustaining family life and health through rituals, routines, and practices in well families with school-age children -- Listening with care to teen mothers and their families -- Toward authentic care and transparency of the other : life course considerations for adolescents born with spina bifida -- Our patients : heretics, believers, agnostics, and ecumenists -- Dwelling-in-the-world : realms of meaningful involvement in late life -- Patients' and family member's experiences of hospital end-of-life care -- End of living : maintaining a lifeworld during terminal illness.

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