Exploring the development of a cultural care framework for European caring science

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Table I. Summary of content covered by the 22 papers reviewed.

Type of output	No. of papers	Themes raised
Editorials Bernspang (1998), Bergbom (2010), Bjorn (1999), (2003), Eriksson, Naden, and Bjorn (2006), Hall (2007), Jonsdottir (1998), Kirkevold (2000), Lomborg (2005), Lomborg (2008), Slettebo (2009), and Wärnå-Furu (2010).	12	Progress of caring science(s) as a discipline and its growing frontiers Methodological issues and challenges for caring science(s)
Conceptual/philosophical analyses Asp and Fagerberg (2005), Eriksson (2002), Eriksson (2010), Galvin (2010), Galvin et al. (2006), Lindholm, Nieminen, Makela, and Rantanen-Siljamaki (2006), Nyman and Sivonen (2005), and Söderlund (2003)	8	Concepts of caring science and lifeworld Application of qualitative methods in caring science(s)
Studi,s Fagerstrom and Engberg (1998) and Isovaara, Arman, and Rehnsfeldt (2006)	2	Historical survey of patient classification Essence of suffering in different clinical contexts (including family suffering in relation to war experiences)

Table II. Constructs linking caring science and cultural care (EACS 2008).

Internal	External	Geography	Influencing factors
Values e.g., equality, freedom	Expression e.g., hair, dress, body decoration	Home	History e.g., imperialism, colonialism
Ethics		Community	Oppression
Sense of space		Heritage	Dominance
Value of life		Sense of place	Wealth/economy
Touch			Life course
Health beliefs and attitudes to health promotion			Parenting/childhood
Attitudes to authority

Figure 1.  A caring Science framework for a cultural care

Figure 2.  Relationship between lifeworld dimensions with the cultural and technical worlds

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