Comparison of Nurses' and Patients' Perception of Caring Behaviors: Filipino Perspectives of Caring Behaviors

Caring behaviors in a complex health care environment minimizes depersonalization in health care. Congruence of perceived value of caring behaviors between patients and nurses as health care needs and requirements escalate is imperative in a complex health care environment. The monograph gives an insight that Filipino nurses' and patients' perception of caring behaviors are generally congruent in both levels of complexity of care.