Birgitta Haga Gripsrud
Professor of Health Humanities and Psychosocial Studies, Department of Caring and Ethics, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Stavanger, Norway.
Founding memberships:
Creative Experience Lab (CEL)
The Nordic Psychosocial Network
The Association for Psychosocial Studies (APS)
Death: Emotions, Relations and Constructions (DERK)
Memberships:
The International Research Group for Psycho-Societal Analysis
Professional Relations in Welfare research group, University of Stavanger, Norway
Stavanger Breast Cancer Research Group, Stavanger University Hospital, Norway
Network for Gender Studies, University of Stavanger, Norway
Founding memberships:
Creative Experience Lab (CEL)
The Nordic Psychosocial Network
The Association for Psychosocial Studies (APS)
Death: Emotions, Relations and Constructions (DERK)
Memberships:
The International Research Group for Psycho-Societal Analysis
Professional Relations in Welfare research group, University of Stavanger, Norway
Stavanger Breast Cancer Research Group, Stavanger University Hospital, Norway
Network for Gender Studies, University of Stavanger, Norway
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related to religion at work was therefore based on individual preferences and internalized practices. Conclusion and Implication for Practice: Organized reflection groups among staff are needed in order to integrate and develop religious literacy in the multicultural nursing home setting. Such reflection groups can help the individual staff member to perform holistic nursing, that is, to be attentive of the interconnectedness of biological, social, psychosocial, and spiritual aspects in a human being.
for public health services. Policy makers therefore emphasise that resources must be prioritised while ensuring good-quality care for vulnerable citizens. In 2015, Norway implemented integrated patient pathways as national guidelines to standardise clinical assessment and medical treatment for patients with a suspected cancer diagnosis. In a text analysis of ‘the integrated breast cancer pathway’ as a framework for practice, we found the concept and practice of care absent. There were sparse descriptions of the relational responsibilities of health professionals, beyond informing and communicating. From a psychosocial care understanding, we problematise how the emphasis on information delivery presupposes a universally autonomous, competent, resilient and rational patient, rather than a particular human being with complex thoughts, feelings, needs and vulnerabilities in the face of a life-threatening illness. We refer to wider issues effected by neoliberal governance, which may profoundly impact on the relationship between professionals and patients. We raise the concern that integrated cancer care is a case of borderline welfare, characterised by a fear of feelings associated with mutual vulnerabilities and dependencies. We identify values and ethical pressures at stake in an emerging careless policy in Norwegian welfare, in light of the government’s stated ambition to become an international role model for good patient trajectories.
the uncanny. Liminality became a useful theoretical device in the data interpretation. The last offices – a rite of passage governing liminal states – provided a containing structure for this final journey but were not sufficient to banish the uncanny from the staff’s experience.
related to religion at work was therefore based on individual preferences and internalized practices. Conclusion and Implication for Practice: Organized reflection groups among staff are needed in order to integrate and develop religious literacy in the multicultural nursing home setting. Such reflection groups can help the individual staff member to perform holistic nursing, that is, to be attentive of the interconnectedness of biological, social, psychosocial, and spiritual aspects in a human being.
for public health services. Policy makers therefore emphasise that resources must be prioritised while ensuring good-quality care for vulnerable citizens. In 2015, Norway implemented integrated patient pathways as national guidelines to standardise clinical assessment and medical treatment for patients with a suspected cancer diagnosis. In a text analysis of ‘the integrated breast cancer pathway’ as a framework for practice, we found the concept and practice of care absent. There were sparse descriptions of the relational responsibilities of health professionals, beyond informing and communicating. From a psychosocial care understanding, we problematise how the emphasis on information delivery presupposes a universally autonomous, competent, resilient and rational patient, rather than a particular human being with complex thoughts, feelings, needs and vulnerabilities in the face of a life-threatening illness. We refer to wider issues effected by neoliberal governance, which may profoundly impact on the relationship between professionals and patients. We raise the concern that integrated cancer care is a case of borderline welfare, characterised by a fear of feelings associated with mutual vulnerabilities and dependencies. We identify values and ethical pressures at stake in an emerging careless policy in Norwegian welfare, in light of the government’s stated ambition to become an international role model for good patient trajectories.
the uncanny. Liminality became a useful theoretical device in the data interpretation. The last offices – a rite of passage governing liminal states – provided a containing structure for this final journey but were not sufficient to banish the uncanny from the staff’s experience.