FAR ahead of her time with her call (in
1949!) for natural childbirth, prenatal instruction, father participation in birth process, and
rooming-in! Joyce
Travelbee 1966 "Human to Human Relationship Model" Art and Science of Humanistic Nursing A
theory A unique, irreplaceable individual
(Extract
from
http://www.unf.edu/~wahrens/theor.htm)
"Human to
Human Relationship Model"
Travelbee's
experience in initial psych nursing practice at a Catholic charity hospital led her to believe that
the care given in these type of institutions lacked compassion. She felt nursing needed a
"humanistic revolution" and a renewed focus on caring as central to nursing--she warned that if this
didn't happen, consumers might seek a "new and different kind of health care worker." Travelbee's
ideas have greatly influenced the hospice movement. Travelbee died tragically young at age 47 while
beginning doctoral study.
