UNDERSTANDING THE LIFE OF ILLNESS - LEARNING THROUGH THE ART OF KAHLO,FRIDA

That nursing is an art as well as a science is in danger of becoming a cliche unless attempts are made to reverse the marginalization and ex clusion of arts and humanities within nursing. An educational approach to promoting more esthetic and less instrumental thinking and underst anding is described. This approach enables nurses to gain a deeper und erstanding of the lived experiences of suffering, chronic pain, miscar riage, and disability through engaging with the art of Mexican painter Frida Kahlo.