Margaret Newman Flashcards
The “pattern of the whole” of a person and includes a manifestation of the pattern of the whole, based on the premise that life is an ongoing process of expanding consciousness.
Health
M. Newman’s theory
Health as Expanding Consciousness
The evolving pattern of the person and the environment and is viewed as an increasing ability to perceive alternatives and respond in a variety of ways
health
A transformative process to more inclusive consciousness
health
Information that depicts the whole and understanding of the
meaning of all the relationships at once.
Pattern
Gives unity in diversity.
pattern
Understand person as a whole being
Pattern
Examples of explicit manifestations of patterns
• Genetic pattern- information that directs becoming
• Voice pattern
• Movement patter
Characteristics of pattern
• Movement
• Diversity
• Rhythm
Both the information capacity of the system to interact with its environment
Consciousness
Includes not only cognitive and affective awareness but also the “interconnectedness of the entire living system which includes physiochemical maintenance and growth processes as well as the immune system”
Consciousness
3 Correlates of consciousness as manifestations of the
pattern of the whole
• Time
• Movement
• Space
What life and health is all about, and the sense of time is an indicator in the changing level of consciousness.
Expansion of consciousness
Is equated with love, where all experiences are reconciled and all experiences are accepted equally and unconditionally (love and hate)
Absolute consciousness
Dimensions of emerging patterns of consciousness rather than as separate concepts of the theory.
Movement-Space-Time