Insights of Silence

Nurs Sci Q. 2020 Jul;33(3):222-224. doi: 10.1177/0894318420920615.

Abstract

Silence represents more than the absence of noise; it is a penetrating stillness that often provides for attentiveness. The author of this article provides some thoughts and implications for the art of humanbecoming on what can be gleaned in understanding and clarifying the discriminating quiet or tumultuous hush of silence as a human experience.

Keywords: discriminating stillness of silence; living the art of humanbecoming; tumultuous hush of silence.

MeSH terms

  • Communication*
  • Humanism*
  • Humans
  • Interpersonal Relations