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The International Association for Human Caring (IAHC) provides the forum for discovery and dissemination of caring science. Download the History of IAHC here (shared by permission)
Members of the IAHC believe:
- Caring is the human mode of being
- Caring is the essence of nursing and the moral imperative which guides nursing praxis (education, practice and research)
- Caring is both spiritual and human consciousness that connects and transforms everything in the universe Caring in nursing is action and competencies which aim toward the good and welfare of the others
- Caring in nursing is a special way of being, knowing and doing with the goal of protection, enhancement and preservation of human dignity
- Care is culturally diverse and universal and provides the broadest and most important means to study and explain nursing knowledge and nursing care practices.
The goals of the IAHC are to:
- Identify major philosophical, epistemological and professional dimensions of care and caring to advance the body of knowledge that constitutes nursing.
- Assist nursing and other disciplines to use care and caring knowledge in human relationships and to facilitate the application of this knowledge to transform organizational systems in which nurses function to become care-focused.
- Explicate the nature, scope, and functions of care and caring and its relationship to nursing.
- Identify the major components, processes and patterns of care and caring in relationship to nursing from a transcultural nursing perspective.
- Stimulate nurse scholars and other professionals world-wide to systematically investigate care and caring and to share findings with colleagues at an annual research conference.
- Disseminate knowledge through refereed publications and public forums.
- Maintain an organization with elected officers and paid members for the purpose of maintaining a network of scholars.