Caring about Care

Caring about symptoms in person-centred care

In the present article, we emphasize the symptom experience perspective in person-centred care and discuss barriers to implementation of this approach. There are obstacles to overcome: the diversity of understandings of symptoms in clinical settings, the current biomedical discourse and the incompleteness of symptom research. Since the 19th century, the biomedical perspective has been powerful ...

Attitude of schizophrenic patients' care givers about their method of patient caring ‎at home

Introduction: Schizophrenia is a type of psychosis which disturbs one's function through its ‎destructive effects on mind, behavior and personal interaction. More than ‎‏70%‏‎ of schizophrenic ‎patients are living with their families. Lack of correct cares of caregivers causes repeated and ‎decreases patient’s physical and mental abilities. Studying the weal po...

Caring about--caring for: moral obligations and work responsibilities in intensive care nursing.

The aim of this study was to analyse experiences of moral concerns in intensive care nursing. The theoretical perspective of the study is based on relational ethics, also referred to as ethics of care. The participants were 36 intensive care nurses from 10 general, neonatal and thoracic intensive care units. The structural characteristics of the units were similar: a high working pace, advanced...

Caring about carepaths.

This short paper describes an experiment in the use of clinical pathways for orthopaedic patients at Cairns Base Hospital. We rapidly found they improved the management of cost and quality, and that there were many beneficial side-effects. Our approach was subsequently adopted in other departments. Unfortunately, external support for further developments has not been forthcoming and we argue th...

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