Meaning in Suffering

Caring Practices in the Health Professions

Nancy Johnston, Alwilda Scholler-Jaquish, Nancy L. Diekelmann , Pamela M. Ironside

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University of Wisconsin Press
11 April 2007

Health systems & services; Nursing sociology

Series: Interpretive Studies in Healthcare and the Human Sciences

"Compelling, timely, and essential reading for healthcare providers, """"Meaning in Suffering"""" addresses the multiplicity of meanings suffering brings to all it touches: patients, families, health workers, and human science professionals. Examining suffering in writing that is both methodologically rigorous and accessible, the contributors preserve first-hand experiences using narrative ethnography, existential hermeneutics, hermeneutic phenomenology, and traditional ethnography. They offer nuanced insights into suffering as a human condition experienced by persons deserving of dignity, empathy, and understanding. Collectively, these essays demonstrate that understanding the suffering of the """"other"""" reveals something vital about the moral courage required to heal - and stay humane - in the face of suffering."

Edited by: Nancy Johnston, Alwilda Scholler-Jaquish, Nancy L. Diekelmann, Pamela M. Ironside
Imprint: University of Wisconsin Press
Country of Publication: United States
Volume: v. 6
Dimensions: Height: 228mm, Width: 157mm, Spine: 19mm
Weight: 419g
ISBN: 9780299222543
ISBN 10: 0299222543
Series: Interpretive Studies in Healthcare and the Human Sciences
Pages: 320
Publication Date: 11 April 2007
Audience: College/higher education , A / AS level
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Nancy Johnston, Ph.D., RN, is associate professor of nursing at York University, Toronto, Canada. Alwilda Scholler-Jaquish, Ph.D., APRN, is associate professor of nursing at the University of Nevada, Reno.