Governing therapy choices: Power/Knowledge in the treatment of progressive renal failure
<p>Abstract</p> <p>This article outlines the struggle between the power of the health care professional and the rights of the individual to choose freely a modality of treatment. Nurses are instrumental in assisting patients in making the best decision for a therapy they will have...
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| description | <p>Abstract</p> <p>This article outlines the struggle between the power of the health care professional and the rights of the individual to choose freely a modality of treatment. Nurses are instrumental in assisting patients in making the best decision for a therapy they will have to assume for the rest of their lives. In guiding patients' decision, nurses must take into account these unavoidable contingencies: changes in lifestyle, nutritional restrictions, level of acceptance, compliance issues, ease of training and availability of support/facilities. Ensuring that the patient makes an informed decision is therefore an ongoing challenge for nurses as they are taking part in a delicate balancing act between not directly influencing the patient's decision while making sure the patient is accurately informed.</p> |
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| spelling | doaj.art-90497b857b5f4492b797646641246eee2022-12-21T20:56:23ZengBMCPhilosophy, Ethics, and Humanities in Medicine1747-53412006-12-01111210.1186/1747-5341-1-12Governing therapy choices: Power/Knowledge in the treatment of progressive renal failurePerron Amélie MHolmes DaveSavoie Marc<p>Abstract</p> <p>This article outlines the struggle between the power of the health care professional and the rights of the individual to choose freely a modality of treatment. Nurses are instrumental in assisting patients in making the best decision for a therapy they will have to assume for the rest of their lives. In guiding patients' decision, nurses must take into account these unavoidable contingencies: changes in lifestyle, nutritional restrictions, level of acceptance, compliance issues, ease of training and availability of support/facilities. Ensuring that the patient makes an informed decision is therefore an ongoing challenge for nurses as they are taking part in a delicate balancing act between not directly influencing the patient's decision while making sure the patient is accurately informed.</p>http://www.peh-med.com/content/1/1/12 |
| spellingShingle | Perron Amélie M Holmes Dave Savoie Marc Governing therapy choices: Power/Knowledge in the treatment of progressive renal failure Philosophy, Ethics, and Humanities in Medicine |
| title | Governing therapy choices: Power/Knowledge in the treatment of progressive renal failure |
| title_full | Governing therapy choices: Power/Knowledge in the treatment of progressive renal failure |
| title_fullStr | Governing therapy choices: Power/Knowledge in the treatment of progressive renal failure |
| title_full_unstemmed | Governing therapy choices: Power/Knowledge in the treatment of progressive renal failure |
| title_short | Governing therapy choices: Power/Knowledge in the treatment of progressive renal failure |
| title_sort | governing therapy choices power knowledge in the treatment of progressive renal failure |
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