In good hands: the phenomenological significance of human touch for nursing practices
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DOI: 10.1136/medhum-2021-012220
Abstract: Prevailing understandings of the nurse’s touch tend to be focused on its consoling, instrumental and communicative utility. What seems to be missing is an exploration of the ethical and existential significance of the nurse’s touch.… read more here.
Keywords: touch; nursing practices; nurse touch; good hands ... See more keywords
Embodied Ethics: Phenomenology of the NICU Nurse’s Touch
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DOI: 10.1177/10497323211005434
Abstract: This study was a phenomenological exploration of the ethics of the nurse’s touch in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU). I explore several examples of touching encounters as gathered from NICU nurses through interview and… read more here.
Keywords: ethics phenomenology; embodied ethics; phenomenology nicu; nurse touch ... See more keywords