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Figure 14. Femme Se Grattant, by Edgar Hilaire Degas. Collection, The Denver Art
Museum.

• Increasingly, evolved views of food acknowledge that food is
sacred and gives life force energy for human survival, honoring
the sacred source of all food and water.
• The Caritas Nurse honors the sacred dimensions of eating and its
range of symbolic and actual meanings from within the subjec-
tive experiences of the one-being-cared-for.
• In addition to Carative Factor (CF) 9 related to assisting with
human needs, other CF/Caritas Processes with this specific need
include numbers 4: developing a helping-trusting-caring relation-
ship; 5: promoting and accepting the expression of positive and
negative feelings; and 7: teaching and learning that address indi-
vidual needs, styles, and readiness.

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