Abstract:The present study proposes a new approach to the feminine origins of nursing, utilizing an archetypical framework, analysing the features of this profession which has changed very little along its history. The article advocates that nursing characteristics are the result of a collective unconscious, that is, a primitive model of innate ideas. The perspective adopted for a feminine archetype in this investigation are related to the historical and social basis of nursing, as well as, with its pre-defined objecti… Show more
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