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WELL-CARING [1 record]

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Record 1 2020-04-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Social Services and Social Work
  • General Medicine
CONT

[The] concept of "care" has only an approximate translation in French. The concept of "bientraitance" (well-caring) joins together all actions focussed to permit all long term care patients to live with well-being and respect of their dignity.

Key term(s)
  • wellcaring
  • well-treating

French

Domaine(s)
  • Services sociaux et travail social
  • Médecine générale
DEF

Ensemble des soins, des actes et des comportements exercés par l'entourage familial ou professionnel d'une personne et qui procurent un bien-être physique et psychique au bénéficiaire.

CONT

[...] la bientraitance correspond à une démarche volontaire d'assumer notre responsabilité vis-à-vis de la vulnérabilité de l'autre et en constitue la réponse la plus adaptée.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Servicios sociales y trabajo social
  • Medicina
CONT

La noción de buen trato está vinculada al tipo de trato que se considera ético o correcto desde el punto de vista moral. A la hora de fomentar el buen trato en el seno familiar y social entre adultos y jóvenes, se establecen una serie de valores o de pilares que son fundamentales para poder conseguir aquel. Entre los mismos se encuentran la comunicación, el conocimiento mutuo, el respeto o el amor.

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