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A Value Framework For The Humanisation Of Care -- A Lifeworld Approach: Revisiting A Humanising Philosophy That Provides An Experiential Context For Considering Health And Illness -- Lifeworld-led Health Care Is More Than Patient-led Care -- Caring For A Partner With Alzheimer's: An Illustration Of Research-based Knowledge For Lifeworld-led Care -- An Existential Theory Of Well-being: D̀welling-mobility' -- Kinds Of Well-being: Eighteen Directions For Caring -- Kinds Of Suffering: Caring For Vulnerability -- An Illustration Of Well-being As Dwelling-mobility: Older Peoples' Experiences Of Living In Rural Areas -- The Creativity Of ùnspecialisation': Contemplative Knowledge And Practical Wisdom -- Complex Knowledge To Underpin Caring: Embodied Relational Understanding -- Embodied Interpretation: One Way Of Re-presenting Research Findings That May Serve To Sensitise The Empathic Imagination -- Embodying Nursing Open-heartedness: An Illustration Of A Core Capacity For Caring -- Conclusion: Caring For Well-being. Kathleen Galvin And Les Todres. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 184-196) And Index.
This book investigates the philosophical and practical foundations of a lifeworld-led approach to health care, arguing that clinical practice must prioritize the human experience of illness and well-being over purely technical interventions. Author Kathleen M. Galvin, a prominent scholar in nursing and health philosophy, synthesizes existential phenomenology with clinical research to propose a framework for 'humanising' care. The text argues that well-being is not merely the absence of disease but a dynamic state of 'dwelling-mobility,' requiring practitioners to cultivate embodied, relational understanding to effectively support patients in their unique life contexts.
What You Will Find
Experts in nursing education and health philosophy frequently cite this work as a foundational text for integrating phenomenological inquiry into clinical practice. Readers often note the academic density of the prose, which requires a strong background in health theory to fully grasp the proposed philosophical shifts in care delivery.
Page Count:
205
Publication Date:
2013-01-01
Publisher:
Routledge
ISBN-10:
0203082893
ISBN-13:
9780203082898
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