Abstract Background: Equal, collaborative and therapeutic relationships centred on the person affected by stroke are important for supporting recovery adjustment. However, realising these in hospital practice is challenging when there increasing focus biomedical needs organisational pressures. Despite a body of evidence advocating quality relationships, remains limited research describing how t...

This paper adds axiology to ontology and epistemology. These three together address the ultimate questions of what (is being observed), how (to know respond) who (adds meaning). is not about producing knowledge one true reality. Instead, these aspects will differentiate their what, who, depending on circumstances. As circumstances differ in varying degrees uncertainty, it uncertainty a situatio...