Engelsk titel: Ethics of understanding of life and bearing witness - aspects of caring ethics
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Författare:
Rehnsfeldt A
;
Arman M
Email: arnre@ivv.liu.se
Språk: Swe
Antal referenser: 28
Dokumenttyp:
Artikel
UI-nummer: 05093265
Sammanfattning
In health care, we frequently
encounter individuals who are in
life demanding situations. Their
experience can challenge a person’s
ontological view of life, his
understanding of life. Understanding
of life means, from an ethical
point of view, that the caregiver
and the patient meet each
other in their respective understanding
of life. To actually witness
the patient’s suffering
implies an ethical demand of care
for the patient that becomes a testimony
to the possibility of focusing
light onto the darkness of
understanding of life. The aim of
this study is to perform a dialogue
between the ethics of understanding
of life, witnessing, and
concrete acts of ethical caring.
The ethics of understanding of
life is made explicit in the ultimate
goals of caring acts; to
enhance understanding of life.
The ethics of understanding of
life cannot be used directly but as
an ontological ground for acts of
caring, as ethics proceeds ontology.
This could be made explicit
through witnessing from different
aspects. The ultimate goal is mirrored
by concrete acts of ethical
caring. Experiences of relief of
suffering and changing understanding
of life give evidence to
the ethics of understanding of life
from the patient’s perspective.