June 2007 No 89, 2007/2 - 130 pagesEditorialPages 3 to 3Nursing science’s contribution to the human sciencesBy Monique FormarierDiscussionPages 4 to 14The gift and relationship of care: History and perspectives . . .By Dominique BourgeonPages 15 to 20Care at the heart of ethics and the ethics of careBy Frédéric GrosMethodologyPages 21 to 32Communicative practices in situations: Goals and method for analyzing interactionsBy Véronique TraversoPages 33 to 42The care relationship: Concepts and aimsBy Monique FormarierPages 43 to 51A few contributions from attachment theory: The clinic and public healthBy V. Mistycki, Nicole GuédeneyPages 52 to 57Person-centered, non-directed counseling and the caregiver-care receiver relationshipBy Jacqui Schneider-HarrisResearchPages 58 to 75“Integration of Families in Hospital”: Expectations and hesitation from patients, relatives and nursing staff?By Marie Christine Fedor, Claire Leyssene-OuvrardPages 76 to 102Supporting a person affected by Alzheimer’s disease: Specific aspects of natural helpers and support tracksBy Evelyne Malaquin-Pavan, Marylène PierrotPages 103 to 108The nursing profession and its interest for the human sciencesBy Pauline MatteiVariaPages 109 to 121The construction of systemic education in the family approach in nursing science: An account of an educational situationBy Danielle CharronPages 122 to 129A novel nursing intervention in geriatric psychiatry: Impact on representations among caregivers and patient friends and familyBy Ronald Müller, Myriam Vaucher, Mercedes Pindado, Eric Zbinden, Cécile Disch, Agnès Michon, Céliane Helio