Mental lidelse. Et kjernebegrep i sykepleie?
Engelsk titel: Mental suffering. A core concept in nursing care?
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Författare:
Kristoffersen K
Språk: Nor
Antal referenser: 20
Dokumenttyp:
Översikt
UI-nummer: 99085299
Sammanfattning
In this article the concept
«mental suffering» is discussed
as a possible anomaly from
the point of view of nursing science.
Based upon a review of central
concepts common to nursing
science the concept «suffering» is
elucidated with regard to the concept’s
content, source, character
and power. «Mental suffering»
has been predominately used as a
concept connected to disease. In
such a context the concept may be
regarded as reductionistic since
«suffering» is perceived to be a
comprehensive concept having
spiritual, cultural, psychological,
social and physical dimensions. It
may seem unnecessary, and
frankly even misleading, to couple
the concepts «mental» and
«suffering» since suffering, in
itself, is predominately mental.
The Health Service must surely
meet suffering human beings by
focusing on the uniqueness of
each individual and not just on
the diagnosis of the person involved.