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Facilitating critical reflection in mothers of chronically ill children
Author(s) -
GIBSON CHERYL H.
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
journal of clinical nursing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.94
H-Index - 102
eISSN - 1365-2702
pISSN - 0962-1067
DOI - 10.1046/j.1365-2702.1999.00259.x
Subject(s) - empowerment , reflection (computer programming) , critical reflection , psychology , process (computing) , nursing , critically ill , critical thinking , critical theory , developmental psychology , medicine , pedagogy , epistemology , political science , computer science , philosophy , intensive care medicine , law , programming language , operating system
• The hybrid model, developed by Schwartz‐Barcott & Kim guided the conduct of a study of empowerment in mothers of chronically ill children. • Integral to the model of empowerment that emerged from the study was an ongoing process of critical reflection. • Through this process, mothers became aware of their strengths, abilities and resources. • This paper is an in‐depth analysis of the process of critical reflection, which corroborates recent theory on women's development. • The process of critical reflection is illuminated by women's ways of knowing, as exemplified in the story of one mother, and by elements of maternal thinking. • Implications for nursing practice in working with mothers of chronically ill children are highlighted.