Healthcare and Compassion: Towards an Awareness of Intersubjective Vulnerability; Comment on “Why and How Is Compassion Necessary to Provide Good Quality Healthcare?”
How to instill compassion in a healthcare organization? In this article, I respond to Marianna Fotaki’s proposals in her piece, ‘Why and how is compassion necessary to provide good quality healthcare?’ by drawing on insights from organization studies. Following Fotaki, I argue that to instill target...
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| description | How to instill compassion in a healthcare organization? In this article, I respond to Marianna Fotaki’s proposals in her piece, ‘Why and how is compassion necessary to provide good quality healthcare?’ by drawing on insights from organization studies. Following Fotaki, I argue that to instill targets and formal measures for assessing compassion would be problematic. I conclude by drawing on psychoanalytic and feminist theories to introduce alternatives, specifically proposing an approach that is grounded in a shared sense of a common, embodied precarity, which necessitates our commitment to preserving the conditions in which life might flourish. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-af658002281d4909ae2f4292798fe5d72022-12-21T23:02:10ZengKerman University of Medical SciencesInternational Journal of Health Policy and Management2322-59392322-59392015-09-014962762910.15171/ijhpm.2015.115Healthcare and Compassion: Towards an Awareness of Intersubjective Vulnerability; Comment on “Why and How Is Compassion Necessary to Provide Good Quality Healthcare?”Kate Kenny0Queen’s University Management School, Queen’s University Belfast, Belfast, UKHow to instill compassion in a healthcare organization? In this article, I respond to Marianna Fotaki’s proposals in her piece, ‘Why and how is compassion necessary to provide good quality healthcare?’ by drawing on insights from organization studies. Following Fotaki, I argue that to instill targets and formal measures for assessing compassion would be problematic. I conclude by drawing on psychoanalytic and feminist theories to introduce alternatives, specifically proposing an approach that is grounded in a shared sense of a common, embodied precarity, which necessitates our commitment to preserving the conditions in which life might flourish.http://www.ijhpm.com/pdf_3044_967d6da6b851aadc23d16825bac59689.htmlHealthcareCompassionOrganizationsTargetsPsychoanalysisFeminist Theory |
| spellingShingle | Kate Kenny Healthcare and Compassion: Towards an Awareness of Intersubjective Vulnerability; Comment on “Why and How Is Compassion Necessary to Provide Good Quality Healthcare?” International Journal of Health Policy and Management Healthcare Compassion Organizations Targets Psychoanalysis Feminist Theory |
| title | Healthcare and Compassion: Towards an Awareness of Intersubjective Vulnerability; Comment on “Why and How Is Compassion Necessary to Provide Good Quality Healthcare?” |
| title_full | Healthcare and Compassion: Towards an Awareness of Intersubjective Vulnerability; Comment on “Why and How Is Compassion Necessary to Provide Good Quality Healthcare?” |
| title_fullStr | Healthcare and Compassion: Towards an Awareness of Intersubjective Vulnerability; Comment on “Why and How Is Compassion Necessary to Provide Good Quality Healthcare?” |
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| title_short | Healthcare and Compassion: Towards an Awareness of Intersubjective Vulnerability; Comment on “Why and How Is Compassion Necessary to Provide Good Quality Healthcare?” |
| title_sort | healthcare and compassion towards an awareness of intersubjective vulnerability comment on why and how is compassion necessary to provide good quality healthcare |
| topic | Healthcare Compassion Organizations Targets Psychoanalysis Feminist Theory |
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