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Personal unity in dying: alternative conceptions of the meaning of health
Author(s) -
Jones Sandra A
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
journal of advanced nursing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.948
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 1365-2648
pISSN - 0309-2402
DOI - 10.1046/j.1365-2648.1993.18010089.x
Subject(s) - meaning (existential) , phenomenon , expression (computer science) , nursing practice , nursing , medicine , health care , epistemology , psychology , psychotherapist , philosophy , law , computer science , political science , programming language
Death is a universal phenomenon In the health care system, however, it is regarded as unfortunate and catastrophic Death is perceived as the extreme end of a continuum whose opposite end is health In nursing practice, through the application of nursing diagnosis and nursing process, dying is treated as a procedural problem Rarely is dying treated as part of the experience of living, characterized by the meanings assigned by the individual to the event The purpose of the study was to describe one person's dying experience as a personal expression of the meaning of health