Giving Comfort and Inflicting Pain (Hardcover)

This phenomenological study describes the lived experience of pain inflicted in the context of medically prescribed treatment, and it explores the meanings of such pain for patients who endured it and for nurses whose actions contributed to its generation. Thus, it presents a thematic description of the phenomenon of clinically inflicted pain. The dangers for both patients and nurses when clinically inflicted pain is ignored, overlooked, or treated with detachment are presented. The study also points the way toward nursing practice that is guided by thoughtfulness and sensitivity to patients1 lived experience and an awareness of the freedom and responsibility inherent in nursing actions, including those involved in inflicting and relieving pain. Questions are raised about nurses1 knowledge, attitudes, and actions in relation to clinically inflicted pain. The study highlights the need for nursing education and practice to consider the contribution of a phenomenological perspective to the understanding of the human experience of pain and the nursing role in its generation, prevention, and relief.

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	International Institute for Qualitative Methodology Series
Release date:	July 2017
First published:	1998
Authors:	Irena Madjar
Dimensions:	216 x 138mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	254
ISBN-13:	978-1-138-40349-9
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Anthropology > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social issues > General
LSN:	1-138-40349-0
Barcode:	9781138403499

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