This article presents a snapshot of my experience of being a nurse who became a service user with breast cancer. It begins by outlining the Humanization of Healthcare Framework (Todres et al, 2009), which is a values-based context that can be used to underpin daily care. Generic applications for each of the dimensions of the framework are suggested. This framework is then used to contextualise my experience of receiving my diagnosis and the ensuing chemotherapy. Using examples from my personal narrative, I make some recommendations for ‘small actions’ that can contribute to more humanised and person-centred care. I also hope that this narrative prompts reflection by the reader and so improves the quality of care given to others.
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Last. Leila Valizadeh(Tabriz University of Medical Sciences)H-Index: 19
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Background Caring is the essence of nursing. Caring to be meaningful needs to be based on mutual agreement between nurses and patients as to what constitutes nurse caring behaviors. As a result, healthcare professional can enhance patients' satisfaction of care by providing appropriate caring behavior. However, previous research that combined multiple types of patients, nurses and institutions demonstrated disagreement in prioritizing important behaviors. This paper reports a study that aimed at...
Last. Immy Holloway(BU: Bournemouth University)H-Index: 31
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Qualitative research, through its illumination of people's perspectives and experiences, has contributed a particular kind of useful evidence for caring practices. Until now however, it has found its location in healthcare without making the powerful impact on humanizing practice that is its key strength. Our paper develops a conceptual framework for humanizing care, and through examples illustrates an emerging agenda that moves qualitative research into its next and overdue phase: to enter poli...
PART I WHAT IS NARRATIVE MEDICINE? 1. The Sources of Narrative Medicine 2. Bridging Health Care's Divides 3. Narrative Features of Medicine PART II NARRATIVES OF ILLNESS 4. Telling One's Life 5. The Patient, the Body, and the Self PART III DEVELOPING NARRATIVE COMPETENCE 6. Close Reading 7. Attention, Representation, and Affiliation 8. The Parallel Chart PART IV DIVIDENDS OF NARRATIVE MEDICINE 9. Bearing Witness 10. The Bioethics of Narrative Medicine 11. A Narrative Vision for Health Care Refer...
Background. This research arose from a concern that the recovery of patients was being hindered by a lack of understanding and emphasis on psychosocial care during hospitalization. Aims and objectives. This paper describes some of the findings from a study that was undertaken to explore and describe, from the perspective of hospitalized patients in Western Australia, the perceived therapeutic effect of interpersonal interactions that were experienced during hospitalization. Design. Grounded theo...
This is a personal narrative of my experience as a young man diagnosed with colorectal cancer. It is an exploration of the tension between multiple identities, including a clinical nurse specialist, academic and oncology patient. Young patients with colorectal cancer face particular challenges. They are often diagnosed with more advanced and poorly differentiated cancers. Research around young onset colorectal cancer is controversial, with some studies suggesting poorer survival. Although there ...