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Madeleine M. Leininger

PART ONE: Madeleine

M. Leininger’s Theory of

Culture Care Diversity

and Universality

Madeleine M. Leininger

Introducing the Theorist

Introducing the Theory

The Sunrise Enabler: A Conceptual Guide

to Knowledge Discovery

Current Status of the Theory

References

Introducing the Theorist

Madeleine Leininger is the founder and leader of
the field of transcultural nursing, focusing on com-
parative human care theory and research, and she is
founder of the worldwide Transcultural Nursing
Society. Dr. Leininger’s initial nursing education
was at St. Anthony School of Nursing in Denver,

Colorado. Her undergraduate degree is from Mt.

St. Scholastic College in Atchison, Kansas, and her

master’s degree was earned at the Catholic

University of America in Washington, D.C. She

completed her PhD in social and cultural anthro-

pology at the University of Washington. Dr.

Leininger was dean and professor of nursing at the

Universities of Washington and Utah where she