Existential boredom: the experience of living on haemodialysis therapy
| Autor: | Aoife Moran, P A Scott, Philip Darbyshire |
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| Rok vydání: | 2009 |
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Psychotherapist
business.industry Patient narratives media_common.quotation_subject Qualitative interviews Perspective (graphical) Empathy Boredom Professional nursing Existentialism Pathology and Forensic Medicine End stage renal disease Philosophy Nursing Medicine medicine.symptom business media_common |
| Zdroj: | Medical Humanities. 35:70-75 |
| ISSN: | 1473-4265 1468-215X |
| DOI: | 10.1136/jmh.2009.001511 |
| Popis: | Empathy is an essential component of professional nursing practice. In order to empathise appropriately with patients, it is crucial that nurses appreciate, understand and respond to their patients' experience of illness. This study sought to explore the experiences of 16 people with end stage renal disease on haemodialysis therapy in Ireland. A hermeneutical phenomenological methodology was employed incorporating qualitative interviews. The data were analysed using qualitative interpretive analysis. The experience of waiting was significant for the participants in the study. The experience of waiting was constituted by two themes labelled killing time and wasting time. It is suggested that the participants' experience of waiting is reminiscent of Heidegger's existential account of boredom. Moreover, the existential perspective of boredom contained within the participants' accounts is also depicted by Beckett in his play Waiting for Godot. Consequently, the literature of both existential writers is incorporated to provide a more in-depth description of the participants' experience of waiting. It is hoped that the insights provided in this paper will enable practitioners to gain a new awareness and understanding of patients' experiences of end stage renal disease and haemodialysis therapy. This would subsequently enable these professionals to empathise more effectively with their patients' situation and respond more appropriately to their care needs. |
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