tailieunhanh - Meaning in Suffering Caring Practices in the Health Professions

When we suffer personally, and when we encounter the suffering of another person, we are confronted with many questions. A taken-forgranted and apparently robust future now jeopardized leaves in its place a hollow of uncertainty and fragility. Painfully unsettling, suffering seems to call forth a natural human proclivity to distance oneself from the specter of vulnerability. Understandably there is a tendency for healthcare professionals to protect ourselves from the ravages of suffering encountered in the lives of the persons we care for. We do this by relating from a distance even though this is incongruent with our commitment to remain engaged and to care compassionately. This volume calls us. | Volume 6 Interpretive Studios in Healthcare and the Human Sciences Edited by Nancy Johnston and Alwilda Scholler-Jaquish Meaning in Suffering tel Caring Practices in the Health Professions Meaning in Suffering Interpretive Studies in Healthcare and the Human Sciences Volume VI Series Editors Nancy L. Diekelmann PhD RN FAAN Helen Denne Schulte Professor Emerita School of Nursing University of Wisconsin-Madison Pamela M. Ironside PhD RN FAAN Associate Professor Indiana University School of Nursing Editorial Board David Allen PhD RN FAAN Professor Department of Psychosocial Community Health University of Washington School of Nursing Michael E. Andrew PhD . Mathematical Statistician Centers for Disease Control and Prevention National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health Patricia Benner PhD RN FAAN Professor Department of Physiological Nursing University of California-San Francisco School of Nursing Karin Dahlberg PhD RN Professor Department of Health Sciences Boras University Boras Sweden Professor Department of Caring Sciences Malardalens University Eskiltuna Sweden Daniel w Jones MD Associate Vice Chancellor Herbert Langford Professor of Medicine University of Mississippi Medical Center Kathryn H. Kavanagh PhD RN Professor Department of Sociology Anthropology and Criminal Justice Towson University Fred Kersten PhD Frankenthal Professor Emeritus of Philosophy University of Wisconsin-Green Bay Birgit Negussie PhD in International Education Docent in Education Professor Emerita in Education at the Stockholm Institute of Education Thomas Sheehan PhD Professor Department of Religious Studies Stanford University Professor Emeritus Department of Philosophy Loyola University .