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Reclaiming care: integrating nursing humanities into Philippine nursing education.

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Τίτλος: Reclaiming care: integrating nursing humanities into Philippine nursing education.
Συγγραφείς: Calaguas N; School of Nursing and Allied Medical Sciences, Holy Angel University, Angeles City, Philippines.; Philippine Society of Sexual and Reproductive Health Nurses, Inc, Quezon City, Philippines.; Association of Nurses in AIDS Care - Global Committee, Washington, DC, USA., Sarce JP; Department of English, Foreign Languages, and Linguistics, Polytechnic University of the Philippines, Manila, Philippines Jpsarce@pup.edu.ph.
Πηγή: Medical humanities [Med Humanit] 2026 Aug 20; Vol. 52 (3), pp. 279-283. Date of Electronic Publication: 2026 Aug 20.
Τύπος έκδοσης: Journal Article
Γλώσσα: English
Στοιχεία περιοδικού: Publisher: BMJ Pub. Group Country of Publication: United States NLM ID: 100959585 Publication Model: Electronic Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1473-4265 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 1468215X NLM ISO Abbreviation: Med Humanit Subsets: MEDLINE
Imprint Name(s): Original Publication: Kennebunkport, ME : BMJ Pub. Group, c2000-
Ιατρικοί όροι (MeSH): Humanities*/education , Curriculum* , Education, Nursing* , Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate*, Philippines ; Humans ; Empathy ; Students, Nursing ; Cultural Competency ; Academia ; Narration
Περίληψη: Traditional undergraduate nursing education often prioritises biomedical and technical skills, neglecting the humanistic dimensions vital for holistic practice. This abstract advocates for integrating nursing humanities, an interdisciplinary field bridging arts, humanities and social sciences with nursing, to humanise care, cultivate empathy and decolonise nursing in the Philippine context. Globally, methods like narrative medicine and arts-based learning foster critical thinking and cultural sensitivity. However, in the Philippines, humanities are marginalised in the Bachelor of Science in Nursing curriculum, a structural imbalance perpetuated by Western biomedical models and colonial legacies that undervalue interpretive knowledge. This marginalisation sidelines Filipino philosophies of care and indigenous epistemologies. This paper proposes a decolonised and culturally grounded integration of nursing humanities, specifically by incorporating local concepts like kapwa, the recognition of shared identity and interdependence, into the curriculum. A case study, demonstrating the use of patient narratives within a pharmacology course, illustrates how narrative and arts-based methods bridge theoretical knowledge with lived experience. This approach strengthens students' empathy and moral imagination, aligning scientific rigour with compassion and social consciousness. Lastly, embedding humanities prepares Filipino nurses to deliver culturally responsive, person-centred care, positioning nursing humanities as a transformative force towards a more humane and decolonised healthcare system.
(© Author(s) (or their employer(s)) 2026. No commercial re-use. See rights and permissions. Published by BMJ Group.)
Competing Interests: Competing interests: None declared.
Contributed Indexing: Keywords: Education; Medical humanities; art and medicine; literature and medicine; nursing education
Entry Date(s): Date Created: 20251113 Date Completed: 20260820 Latest Revision: 20260820
Update Code: 20260821
DOI: 10.1136/medhum-2024-013160
PMID: 41233210
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  Data: Traditional undergraduate nursing education often prioritises biomedical and technical skills, neglecting the humanistic dimensions vital for holistic practice. This abstract advocates for integrating nursing humanities, an interdisciplinary field bridging arts, humanities and social sciences with nursing, to humanise care, cultivate empathy and decolonise nursing in the Philippine context. Globally, methods like narrative medicine and arts-based learning foster critical thinking and cultural sensitivity. However, in the Philippines, humanities are marginalised in the Bachelor of Science in Nursing curriculum, a structural imbalance perpetuated by Western biomedical models and colonial legacies that undervalue interpretive knowledge. This marginalisation sidelines Filipino philosophies of care and indigenous epistemologies. This paper proposes a decolonised and culturally grounded integration of nursing humanities, specifically by incorporating local concepts like kapwa, the recognition of shared identity and interdependence, into the curriculum. A case study, demonstrating the use of patient narratives within a pharmacology course, illustrates how narrative and arts-based methods bridge theoretical knowledge with lived experience. This approach strengthens students' empathy and moral imagination, aligning scientific rigour with compassion and social consciousness. Lastly, embedding humanities prepares Filipino nurses to deliver culturally responsive, person-centred care, positioning nursing humanities as a transformative force towards a more humane and decolonised healthcare system.<br /> (© Author(s) (or their employer(s)) 2026. No commercial re-use. See rights and permissions. Published by BMJ Group.)
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