stated that this occasion "involves action and choice both by the nurse and the individual. The moment of coming together in a caring occasion presents the two persons with the opportunity to decide how to be in the relationship--what to do with the moment" (p. 59).
Intersubjectivity is not defined directly, but it is described through the adjective, transpersonal, in the concept transpersonal caring. Watson (1985) stated:
Transpersonal refers to an intersubjective human-to-human relationship in which the person of the nurse affects and is affected by the person of the other. Both are fully present in the moment and feel a union with the other. They share a phenomenal field which becomes part of the life history of both and are coparticipants in becoming in the now and the future. Such an ideal of caring entails an ideal of intersubjectivity, in which both persons are involved (p. 58).
Watson (1989a) further explained that the "intersubjective human flow from one to the other has the potential to allow the caregiver to become the care r
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