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Date |
2014-10 |
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repository |
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Is Part Of |
p13652648 |
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abstract |
Aims: The paper explores the importance of embodiment in nursing. It examines different
sources of authoritative knowledge concerning the body and embodiment. It argues that
dominant scientific and medical epistemologies of the body have displaced and marginalised
embodied epistemologies, creating only a partial understanding of the embodied experiences
of our patients and our own embodiment as nurses.
Background: Over the last twenty years there has been a rapid expansion of theoretical
literature concerning the body and embodiment, spanning a range of disciplines. The
potential of these insights to the essentially ‘body-based’ practice of nursing is
highly significant. However, although work in this area is now increasing theoretical
and empirical investigation of the body and embodiment in nursing has remained relatively
neglected.
Design: Discussion paper
Data Sources: Conventional approaches to systematic searching of the literature were
not adopted for this conceptual paper. Seminal texts predominantly from nursing and
sociology accompanied by more recent sources were used as a platform for theoretical
reflection and to inform development of the conceptual arguments.
Implications for Nursing: The paper proposes a corporeal (re)turn to nursing practice,
one that recognises the lived embodied experience of the patient and the embodied
skill and knowledge of the nurse and examines the implications for contemporary person-centred
nursing practice, research and education.
Conclusion: At a significant juncture in nursing’s history when there is greater international
focus on delivering higher standards of care, the paper calls for a repositioning
of the place of embodiment in nursing. |
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authorList |
authors |
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issue |
10 |
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status |
peerReviewed |
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uri |
http://data.open.ac.uk/oro/document/228059 |
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uri |
http://data.open.ac.uk/oro/document/228060 |
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uri |
http://data.open.ac.uk/oro/document/228067 |
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uri |
http://data.open.ac.uk/oro/document/228068 |
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uri |
http://data.open.ac.uk/oro/document/228069 |
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uri |
http://data.open.ac.uk/oro/document/228070 |
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uri |
http://data.open.ac.uk/oro/document/228732 |
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volume |
70 |
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type |
AcademicArticle |
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type |
Article |
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label |
Draper, Jan (2014). Embodied practice: rediscovering the 'heart' of nursing.
Journal of Advanced Nursing, 70(10) pp. 2235–2244. |
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label |
Draper, Jan (2014). Embodied practice: rediscovering the 'heart' of nursing. Journal
of Advanced Nursing, 70(10) pp. 2235–2244. |
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Title |
Embodied practice: rediscovering the 'heart' of nursing |
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in dataset |
oro |