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Patricia Benner's introduction to phenomenology develops the reader's understanding of the strategies and processes involved in this innovative approach to nursing. The author discusses the relationship between theory and practice, considers the possibility of a science of caring from a feminist perspective, introduces interpretive phenomenology to the study of natural groups such as families, and suggests a basis for developing nursing ethics that is true to the caring and healing practices of the nursing profession.
Moral Dimensions of Living with a Chronic Illness: Autonomy, Responsibility, and the Limits of Control
Moral Dimensions of Living with a Chronic Illness: Autonomy, Responsibility, and the Limits of Control
Asthma was a kind of neurotic, sissy…. [An asthmatic was] a weak person. “It's a weakness, not a disease, it's a weakness. It comes from emotions and it comes from maladjustment. It can also come from being too locked in on yourself. You're too concerned with yourself, you're emotionally immature in that you are unable to deal with your emotions. You allow them to get out of hand. You give in to them. You give in to yourself.” … Then, of course, the great one, one of my brothers was real big on this one. “You ...
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