This chapter uses a phenomenological approach to investigate the philosophical
significance of a common yet debilitating experience: the experience of severe and …

The central focus of this volume is social constructionism in all its dimensions, including its
sociological, ontological, epistemological, methodological, ethical, and pragmatic features. It …

Nursing professionals in a variety of practice settings routinely use implied consent. This
form of consent is used in place of or in conjunction with informed or explicit consent. This …

In this article, we focus at a key concept of today's healthcare, namely responsibility.
Personal responsibility is so important today because it is obvious that the way society is …

There has long been acceptance within healthcare that one of the roles that nurses fulfil is to
do with patient advocacy. This has historically been positioned as part of the philosophical …

This article gives an account of aspects of a multi-sited field study of involvement of relatives
in Danish psychiatry. By following metaphors of involvement across three sites of the …

Purpose This paper aims to explore articulations of how individuals internalise official
demands on handling COVID-19 and the function of social media in this process, and further …

During an ethnographic field work in Danish psychiatry taking place between 2011 and
2013, the emergence of an exemplary textbook symbolized a dominant perception of the …

Rationale In this article, I argue that we need a new perspective in the debate on autonomy
in medicine, to understand many of the problems we face today–dilemmas that are situated …

Rationale, aims and objectives In medicine and in clinical practice, autonomy is opposed to
heteronomy or paternalism. While autonomy comes down to free choice, independence or …